Thread: Internet Control

Hey,

I am interested in developing a web browser, i understand that i could do it the very hard way and form a connection to the server then get the html and write my own html rendering engine, but i really cant be bothered at the moment, is there a premade control avalible, like the Internet control in VB that you can just draw on, i have looked through common controls on msdn but there is nothing to do with the interenet there. So basically i just would like an interent control, that will handle all the connections for me and stuff.


Thanks for any help,

TNT

you have to handle the connection yourself (c'mon - it's isn't that hard). To display the HTML, unless you wish to use your own engine, you need to use MFC's CHtmlView. Really, if you want to distribute the browser I duno if you can use it, seeing how it's part of IE.

Hey,

Thanks, i think i can do it like that, if i want to get the html from the connection im not sure what command i send to the server, do i just connect on port 80 then i think i send get ..... somthing that i cant remember. Also how can i find out if i can use the CHtmlView in a commercial program.

Thanks
TNT

About making the server send the HTML...you'll find the info here under the heading "HTTP Client". Hope that helps...

And I think I'm wrong about distributing CHtmlView programs, because I'm pretty sure Kazaa, morpheus, and some other programs (mainly ones with nice HTML-designed GUIs somewhere) use it. But be wary about using it: You're completely confied to windows with your browser. That won't do well commercially. Plus, if it offers nothing over IE (if it uses CHtmlView I doubt it will...) who's really gonna want it? :-/

lol, i know phraphs not many people, but i need to make some software and freeware for my .com which ive been paying for for the last 4 mounths and got nothing from it, so i thought a browser or somthing but thanks anyway.

TNT