I want to create a Web Browser with Visual Basic 6. The only possible way I found to create this is using 'Microsoft Internet Controls' ActiveX plugin (WebBrowser). But, it is using Internet Explorer to show pages. I don't like it. I want to show the Web Pages in a modern, well designed way. So, I am going to create a program which can read and display HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP etc. Is it possible to do that with only using Visual Basic 6?
MS Internet Controls I am currently using:
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I have been using Adobe Dreamweaver (2005) for doing web development. I recent switched to VS Code. Dreamweaver has a built in browser where I can inspect a HTML element and it will find it in the editor immediately. This comes in really handy especially when I'm working on messy projects that have been evolving for years. I really like a lot of things about VS Code but this feature is important in saving me a lot of time. Is there any way to get this feature in VS Code?
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The feature you're looking for is now built into every major browser in the form of dev tools: https://developers.google.com/web/tools/chrome-devtools/open#elements
You can simply click on an element, and in a separate pane, you will be shown the corresponding code.
You can also link DevTools directly to VS code via the extension debugger for chrome in the VS code marketplace - or debugger for Firefox, etc.
However, I recommend starting with the browser dev tools if you're not familiar with them already, as they are simple to use and require no configuration.
I have looked at numerous posts that discuss embedding the Mozilla browser control in a VB.NET app, however they were all written many years ago and are incomplete, like: How to create simple browser with Mozilla ActiveX Control with VB.NET?.
I was able to have a little success (display an HTML file with CSS3 and JavaScript) by embedding cefSharp into my VB.NET app, but cefSharp adds hundreds of MB. One of the posts said they believed that the Mozilla browser control (v1.7.12) was an exact replacement for the VS 2019 .Net web browser control, but there was no information on how to make the switch. Please advise if the Mozilla browser control is a good alternative, and if so, point to a tutorial or other information for making it work...or is there another choice?
You must use 3rd party library for this. You can use either GeckoFx for Firefox engine, or CefSharp for Chrome engine.
I have developed an POS system for a Restaurant in HTML running in Firefox. This is working well, and with some fixes in the about:config file of Firefox I can get it to run relatively smooth (e.g. suppress the print dialogue). However Html does not have full access to printers and scanners the way a native desktop application has.
I'm now looking for a solution that I can develop a native desktop application for Mac and PC but keep what I have, by showing it a sort of "Web View" ( I know this from Objective-C/Xcode programming). The idea is to have the software watch out for links in the HTML code, e.g.
Print Kitchen Recipe
Can anyone give me a hint which language and software development environment I should work with, my current skills are:
Html, PHP, Mysql - Excellent
Objective-C / Xcode - Medium
Javascript - Medium
Thanks a lot for any help
Checkout node.js and its WebKit module. It can run natively packed JavaScript and you can easily write c style extensions to do anything else you need.
Any specific tools are there to develop the application using html 5?
I had used Aptana studio, I feel it is not fully user friendly tool to write a html 5 application.
http://marakana.com/bookshelf/html5_tutorial/index.html take a look at that for starter points.
This is a great, easy to read tutorial which will almost definitely help you learn HTML5 and CSS - http://net.tutsplus.com/articles/news/30-days-to-learn-html-and-css-a-free-tuts-premium-course/
For debugging, you can use Chromes developer tools (F12 on the keyboard) or the same on Opera & Internet Explorer. For Firefox download "Firebug".
Another "debugging" tool is http://html5.validator.nu/ which will validate your HTML and show any errors.
Notepad++ is a great free app to start developing HTML5 on, you can also use others, for example Aptana is a great IDE. For one with a GUI, I'd advise purchasing Dreamweaver, it is expensive but I say it's the best for learners.
Here's an easy question. How do I configure Visual Studio 2008 to build my webpage in a certain browser? I really want to build in all 5 well-known browsers (IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari), but right now I am having to right click the actual html files and open them in different browsers. In dreamweaver, there is a simple dropdownlist for this...what does visual studio have?
Firsty, you don't build your site for each different web browser. You build one website that's standards-compliant and will work in all browsers.
Having said that, you will probably have to use some non-standard "hacks" to get Internet Explorer to behave as the other browsers do because older versions of IE don't follow web standards.
You should setup your website in IIS using IIS Manager. Then you can run your website in whatever browser you like using a URL like http://localhost/YourWebsite/
Here's an article on creating a website in IIS: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/323972
Alternatively if you want to use the web server that's built into Visual Studio you can right-click one of the pages in your project, select Browse with.. and use the Browse With dialog to set the default browser. Once you've done this you can run your site in the default browser by pressing F5.
See this page for switching the default browser. As far as a dropdown to easily switch like Dreamweaver, there may be a plugin.
Right Click on an Aspx page, choose "Browse With...", and set Firefox as Default.
I like the site browsershots.org, submit your URL and it shows how it looks in different browsers on different operating systems. After a minute or 2 I got back 42 different shots.... good to know I look good on FireFox 3.0.4 on MAC OS X 10.6 :).
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