Internet Explorer in C#

Internet Explorer in C#

• hanisaad

  Hello,

  Thanks! Here are the errors when I copied and pasted:

  Error 1 The name 'process' does not exist in the current context C:\Documents and Settings\Paul Rosenthal\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Gadgets\Gadgets\Form1.cs 185 13 Gadgets
  Error 2 An object reference is required for the nonstatic field, method, or property 'System.Windows.Forms.Control.Text.get' C:\Documents and Settings\Paul Rosenthal\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\Gadgets\Gadgets\Form1.cs 185 42 Gadgets
  

  Paul

  
  
  

• Cool guy

  Hi,

  Thanks for the reply! Where would I use this I mean where would I use the code you gave me

  Paul

  
  
  

• Lucas Almeida

  Ups, I forget about UseShellExecute:

   

  process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;

  process.StartInfo.FileName = TextBox.Text;

  
  
  

• ChrisHelt

  Hi!

  Simple, use WebBrowser control, Button and TextBox controls on your form. On button's Click event do this:

  webBrowser.Navigate(textBox.Text)

  
  
  

• Tim Cahill - MSFT

  Hey,

  Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!! That worked!

  Paul

  
  
  

• Mark McGinty

  Hi!

  a) UseShellExecute force to start process by scanning registry for file type or protocol you use. So if you type there "sample.doc" it will understand to run Word (or other program assigned to handle given extension). So, if user have FireFox as primary browser, it will start FireFox, not IE.

  b) use mailto: protocol, like this "mailto:someone@somewhere.com", it will open user's mail client with empty mail to given address. You can also do this: "mailto:someone@somewhere.com subject=HELLO".

  
  
  

• luni

  Hello,

  So I just copied and pasted the code and it didn't work. It said "No URI file". Please help.

  Paul

  
  
  

• Svat

  Hi,

  I used your snippet to open IE and navigate to the right url based on the text value of a link label and it worked great.

  However :

  a- I can't figure out how the system 'knows' to use IE since nothing in your code specifies what executable to use for the process. I won't lose sleep over it but I'd like to know.

  b- I tried doing the same thing to start the default mail client with a blank email but the right 'to' address populated without success.

  What I'd like is to have a link label with the email address on a form and when clicked the default mail client on the machine running the app pops up with a new email message with already the right address.

  I tried your code, just replacing the url with the email address and it caused an exception, and I don't want to have to specify the name of an exe since I don't know what client machines may be using for mail.

  Any suggestion would be appreciated.

  Thanks,

  MM

  
  

• flaviosnery

  Sergey,

  That worked fine, thanks!

  For people reading those posts in the future, you need to assign the "mailto:..." string described by Sergey to the Process.StartInfo.Filename Property described in an earlier post.

  MM.

  
  

• osullivj355

  I mean (replace TextBox with name of your text box):

  System.Diagnostics.Process process = new System.Diagnostics.Process();

  process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;

  process.StartInfo.FileName = TextBox.Text;

  process.Start();

  
  
  

• raouf

  Inside button's Click event handler. If you want open URL in Internet Explorer - use System.Diagnostics.Process, if you have own embedded browser - Navigate() method.

   

  P.S. If you are new to Visual Studio - double click button in designer to create event handler.

  
  
  

• zachz

  And what if I wanted to supply login credentials using a POST method
  Is that possible
  
  

• netnovice

  Hello,

  That was a great suggestion! I already know that though. I need it to open Internet Explorer.

  Paul

  
  
  

• Christian Stefanescu

  If you want to open page in IE - use this:

  System.Diagnostics.Process process = new System.Diagnostics.Process();

  process.StartInfo.FileName = URI;

  process.Start();

  
  
  
• Internet Explorer in C#