use IE6 to show an url

Shows how to start IE6 from a program and display a given URL.

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Synopsis:

iegotourl.cs

explorer.cs

iegotourl.cs Synopsis

using System; public class iegotourl { private Explorer mExplorer = new Explorer(); private string mAddr = "www.microsoft.com"; public iegotourl() { mExplorer.ShowPage(mAddr); //this kills the IE window... mExplorer.Dispose(); } }

explorer.cs Synopsis

using System; using SHDocVw; //add "Microsoft Internet Controls" from the COM references using mshtml; //add "Microsoft.mshtml" from the .Net references public class Explorer { SHDocVw.InternetExplorer myIExplorer = null; IWebBrowserApp myWebBrowser = null; public Explorer() { myIExplorer = new SHDocVw.InternetExplorer(); myWebBrowser = (IWebBrowserApp) myIExplorer; myWebBrowser.Visible = true; } public void ShowPage(string addr) { Object o = null; myWebBrowser.Navigate(addr, ref o, ref o, ref o, ref o); } public void Dispose() { myWebBrowser.Quit(); } }