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Internet Explorer Browser Control Host Application Development (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

The Microsoft® Internet Explorer browser control host (SHDOCVW) exposes the WebBrowser control to software developers. The WebBrowser control provides navigation, in-place linking, and management of favorites and history to Internet browsers. The control also exposes interfaces to enable it to be hosted separately as a Microsoft ActiveX® control. Be aware that the Windows Embedded CE implementation of the WebBrowser control does not include a design-time control. This means that you must implement the control manually through the COM interfaces.

There are several other differences between the implementation of the browser control host in Windows Embedded CE and that of Internet Explorer 6 for Windows Embedded CE.

Implementation of the COM interfaces does not include type libraries. Therefore, languages and frameworks that require type libraries are not supported.

Window resizing events in DWebBrowserEvents2 are disabled. To resize windows, use moveTo, moveBy, resizeTo, and resizeBy methods that are defined in the IHTMLOMWindowServices.

Similarly, because browser bars are not supported, the RegisterAsBrowser, ShowBrowserBar, and TheaterMode methods in IWebBrowser2 are not functional.

The interfaces and their members are documented for Windows Embedded CE Help for C++ programmers. Additional documentation is available at this Microsoft Web site.

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