Tag: Internet Explorer
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Howto: Ignoring web browser certificate errors in a webbrowser host
The webbrowser queries host services via IServiceProvider implemented on the ActiveX host. One of the services is IHttpSecurity, which can be used to override the certificate problem dialog. Security warning: ignoring security problems can compromise your application. IHttpSecurity is derived from IWindowForBindingUI, so the host needs to implement it too. In Windows forms, customizing certificate error handling…
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Where is the forum for Internet Explorer?
People get confused by various Microsoft IE forum sites so here is the steps to find the forum closer to IE related questions Basically, the mentality of different Microsoft forum brand is: MSDN: How can my software do something on my customers’ machines. Technet: How can I manage things on machines in my network. Answers: How…
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How to force popup window to navigate in the same window in a webbrowser control
When clicking on an link that targets a new window, the default behavior of a webbrowser control host application is to open a new window in Internet Explorer. User ben_lai wants to know how to handle the click and navigate to the same window. There are three events that notifies a new window, NewWindow (The…
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Make the webbrowser control styled the same way as the hosting application
User wtx_sonery wants to know whether it is possible to style the webbrowser control with the rest of the application. The answer is yes, you can implement IDocHostUIHandler’s GetHostInfo method and return DOCHOSTUIFLAG_THEME in the host flags. IDocHostUIHandler is already implemented in MFC and ATL. For MFC there are CHtmlControlSite and CBrowserControlSite but you should…
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How to disable navigation sound in webbrowser control
User kill211 does not like the click sound when he calls WebBrowser.Navigate. He wonders if there is a way to disable it without modifying HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps\Explorer\Navigating, which has effect on other applications. Unfortunately, the API for disabling sound is introduced in IE7. The FEATURE_DISABLE_NAVIGATION_SOUNDS feature can be toggled using registry or the CoInternetSetFeatureEnabled API. Update: A…
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Walkaround for Error : An add-on for this website failed to run. When opening Visual C++’s Add Variable Wizard after IE 8 is installed
Update: it looks like a lot of people are hitting this page by mistake. If you don’t write software for a living then this page is probably not for you. Download: https://jiangsheng.net/Documents/IE8AddZone.zip Prerequisite: Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86) This program is designed to temporary circumvent the “An add-on for this web site…