Rendering HTML or Custom Web Browser

[Fabian_Russ]

Hey, Does anyone have any information on to how I could go about rendering HTML and making my own CUSTOMIZED webbrowser. I don't like stealing DLLs and other objects from other browsers. I would like to make my own browser, Some of the big questions I would like to ask is :

 

What object can I render this in? Is it a 100% coded from scratch object?

 

Is it Possible to even Render HTML in VB? ppl say VB is Crap covered in Icing. And I really don't want to switch to C++.

 

So.. Well.. Thats about it..

 

ANY ANSWER is helpful! :D.

 

If you would like to get in touch with me then add me to messenger at :

 

FabianRuss@hotmail.com

 

or email me at :

 

Fabian.Russ@comcast.net

[Nate Bross]

It depends what type of rendering you want to do, if you want to use GDI+ you can use a PictureBox control, or just the background on the Form.

 

I think that the hard part will be making what you end up rendering from HTML, interactive -- links, mouse overs, etc.

 

HTH,

Nate

[John_0025]

Can you give a bit more information about what you want to do? If you really are thinking of making your own web browser check out the source code for Mozilla. Its open source so no stealing involved. Theoretically you could also customise it but this project has a reputation for being hard to use. Anyway if you take a look you�ll get an idea of the scale of the work needed to make a web browser.

 

Visual Studio has a WebBrowser control you may be able to use. Take a look at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.webbrowser(VS.80).aspx

[Fabian_Russ]

Thanks. Skybound Gecko is a good vb.net port for anyone who wants to use the Gecko engine.