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Yossarian
11-06-2004, 05:56 PM
Can anyone enlighten me to whether the following is possible, and if so, the complexity?

I've got a web-based game, and for advertising purposes I thought it might be useful to actually wrap the game in a custom interface. I know Java Swing has a basic browser container that can call and display webpages, but I need the full functionality of IE.

So is it possible to build an exe that is basically just a container that has a frame that uses a user's native IE? This way I could wrap a custom "browser" interface around this frame that functions as IE and browses the content pages of the game.

aduro
11-06-2004, 06:20 PM
i forget the details, but i believe vb has an explorer component. you can make a custom form around it. google it!

20thCenturyBoy
11-06-2004, 09:01 PM
Check out http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/browser/webbrowser/browser_control_node_entry.asp?frame=true

for a description of the WebBrowser control for VB and C/C++ programmers.

20thCB