WebBrowserWindow

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WebBrowserWindow.dll v.1.0.0.0

WebBrowserWindow is an external web browser window. You can load also different file formats like pdf, swf etc. You can also show dynamic text or html content.

You can load ms office file formats too but you get the typical window asking you if you want to download or save the document. You can modify yourself the registry settings to change that behaviour. This dll doesn't do that.

Actions:

WebBrowserWindow.GetTitle
WebBrowserWindow.GetPosition
WebBrowserWindow.GetSize
WebBrowserWindow.GetWindowState
WebBrowserWindow.GetWindowStyle
WebBrowserWindow.GetReadyState
WebBrowserWindow.GetHtmlContent
WebBrowserWindow.GetTextContent
WebBrowserWindow.GetUrl
WebBrowserWindow.GetOpacity
WebBrowserWindow.SetTitle
WebBrowserWindow.SetPosition
WebBrowserWindow.SetSize
WebBrowserWindow.SetWindowState
WebBrowserWindow.SetWindowStyle
WebBrowserWindow.SetHtmlContent
WebBrowserWindow.SetTextContent
WebBrowserWindow.SetUrl
WebBrowserWindow.SetOpacity
WebBrowserWindow.Show
WebBrowserWindow.ShowDialog
WebBrowserWindow.Hide
WebBrowserWindow.Close
WebBrowserWindow.Navigate
WebBrowserWindow.Back
WebBrowserWindow.Forward
WebBrowserWindow.Home
WebBrowserWindow.Search
WebBrowserWindow.Stop
WebBrowserWindow.Print
WebBrowserWindow.Refresh
WebBrowserWindow.PageSetupDialog
WebBrowserWindow.PrintPreviewDialog
WebBrowserWindow.PrintDialog
WebBrowserWindow.PropertiesDialog
WebBrowserWindow.SaveAsDialog
WebBrowserWindow.EnableNavigation
WebBrowserWindow.EnableDrop
WebBrowserWindow.EnableContextMenu
WebBrowserWindow.EnableScrollBars
WebBrowserWindow.EnableShortcuts
WebBrowserWindow.EnableScriptErrors
WebBrowserWindow.IsNavigationEnabled
WebBrowserWindow.IsDropEnabled
WebBrowserWindow.IsContextMenuEnabled
WebBrowserWindow.IsScrollBarsEnabled
WebBrowserWindow.IsShortcutsEnabled
WebBrowserWindow.IsScriptErrorsEnabled
WebBrowserWindow.IsBusy
WebBrowserWindow.IsOffline

Download and extract the contents (2 files) of WebBrowserWindow.v.1.0.0.0.rar. The contents are:

1. _at_WebBrowserWindow.xml
2. template_WebBrowserWindow_Blank_Project.apt

Copy the first file (_at_WebBrowserWindow.xml) in the following location:
C:\Program Files\AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0 Professional\Data\Actions
This is in order to get the scripting actions in Action Wizard window.

Copy the second file (template_WebBrowserWindow_Blank_Project.apt) in the following location:
C:\Program Files\AutoPlay Media Studio 5.0 Professional\Templates
This is in order to get an blank project template that you can choose when you start ams.

Now start ams and you will see in New Project Options Web Browser Window Blank Project. Select that and you will get an blank project. Experiment with it, try the actions and see what it does.

How to use it:

Simple case scenario:

WebBrowserWindow.Navigate("http://somesite.com");
--WebBrowserWindow.SetUrl("http://somesite.com"); --Does the same.
WebBrowserWindow.Show();
--WebBrowserWindow.ShowDialog(); --Blocks.

or

WebBrowserWindow.Show();
--WebBrowserWindow.ShowDialog(); --Blocks.
WebBrowserWindow.Navigate("http://somesite.com");
--WebBrowserWindow.SetUrl("http://somesite.com"); --Does the same.

or

WebBrowserWindow.Navigate("http://somesite.com");
htmlContent = WebBrowserWindow.GetHtmlContent(); --Get hmtl content here without showing the window.
--WebBrowserWindow.GetTextContent --The same as html content only gets text without html tags.

Set dynamic text/html content:

WebBrowserWindow.SetHtmlContent("<center>html content...</center>");
--WebBrowserWindow.GetTextContent("some text content...");

etc, etc, etc...

.Net 2.0 required

With Kind Regards
sside

[sside]

This one:

Set dynamic text/html content:

WebBrowserWindow.SetHtmlContent("<center>html content...</center>");
--WebBrowserWindow.GetTextContent("some text content...");

should be:

Set dynamic text/html content:

WebBrowserWindow.SetHtmlContent("<center>html content...</center>");
--WebBrowserWindow.SetTextContent("some text content...");

It is the little things that make the big one.

With Kind Regards
sside

[johnraus]

Very cool thnx

on small question
if say the webbrowserwindow opens a URL like
"http://somedomain/caseoverview"
en when I navigate on that page it opens a child window containing
"http://somedomain/casedetails?NR=123456....."

is it possible to get control of this "Child" window ??
like to get content "GetHtmlContent"

[coderanger]

Hi SSide

Thanks for the DLL, is there any instructions? I'm kind of lost as to how to
use this.

Thanks,
Patrick

[coderanger]

OK, I see, we have to use:

WebBrowserWindow.Show();
or
WebBrowserWindow.ShowDialog();

..which opens a browser window we can manipulate with the other
functions..

OK, I think I understand now!

Cool!
Patrick

[coderanger]

Hi Sside,

The only thing I'd like to see added is the ability to replace that ugly
title-bar icon with something more appealing, other than that, this is
pretty cool.

Thanks again,
Patrick

[sside]

is it possible to get control of this "Child" window ??

No. The "child" window is opened in ie (internet explorer) and WebBrowserWindow.dll can't control that.
It is not a child window as it maintains no relation with the "parent". If the "parent" is closed child is not.

like to get content "GetHtmlContent"

If you want to get html content of any page opened in ie, right now is not possible as i have not developed something to cover that. It looks interesting and i will look into it. In the meaning time, if you want to get the html content of any page "in the wild" look at my library (net.dll v.1.0.0.3, GetWebPageContent function) located here:

http://indigorose.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18725

It uses different approach than WebBrowserWindow.GetHtmlContent, and may be it does what you're after.

With Kind Regards
sside

[johnraus]

f you want to get the html content of any page "in the wild" look at my library (net.dll v.1.0.0.3, GetWebPageContent function) located here:

http://indigorose.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18725

It uses different approach than WebBrowserWindow.GetHtmlContent, and may be it does what you're after.

sside

I've seen all DLL's you developed, even this one, but seemed to have overlooked that function and how it can be used ...

Thnx for sharing, and your quick reply

[johnraus]

if you want to get the html content of any page "in the wild" look at my library (net.dll v.1.0.0.3, GetWebPageContent function) located here:

http://indigorose.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18725

sside

Oops, your solution doesn suit my needs yet,

you had me going there .....

I'll explain, I'm looking for this one for last half year ... project on hold for now
I have to log in on a certain website that contains an overview of some articles (very secure encrypted, session ID's and so on ..) I can do this with AMS web object, also getting htmlsource to do some analyses, (I use javascript and clipboard) no problem at all, BUT ... lately website has changed and
when I open an article, a second page IE opens outside AMS, an I still haven't found any way to get the data (htmlsource) to work with in AMS

Thnx for your effort anyway
Regards

[sside]

Added:

WebBrowserWindow.GetIcon
WebBrowserWindow.SetIcon

Download

Follow the instructions just like WebBrowserWindow.v.1.0.0.0 (look at the first post).
Overwrite the old files with the new ones.

Example:

To set an icon:

WebBrowserWindow.SetIcon("myicon.ico");

To get the icon filename set previosly with WebBrowserWindow.SetIcon:

iconFileName = WebBrowserWindow.GetIcon();

If you didn't set the icon, an empty string is returned. Icon must be an icon file, not jpeg, bmp or other.


With Kind Regards
sside

[sside]

John

I had different picture in mind of the situation.

Anyway, you must be able to navigate at the url of the external ie window that popups. Just copy the url from the external window and insert it in ams. Do the usual stuff (how you navigated in first place).

I didn't know that credentials (username+password) were involved in getting the html content. I will update net.dll these days.

With Kind Regards
sside

[sside]

The only thing I'd like to see added is the ability to replace that ugly
title-bar icon with something more appealing, other than that, this is
pretty cool.

coderanger, i left the ugly icon in place, but i provided the possibility to set your own. If you're still not happy i will remove it in definitely the next version .
I'm happy that you're up and running now .

With Kind Regards
sside

[coderanger]

Thanks for the added functionality sside, I appreciate it!



Patrick

[johnraus]

John

I had different picture in mind of the situation.

Anyway, you must be able to navigate at the url of the external ie window that popups. Just copy the url from the external window and insert it in ams. Do the usual stuff (how you navigated in first place).

I didn't know that credentials (username+password) were involved in getting the html content. I will update net.dll these days.

With Kind Regards
sside

I've tried all that, but it is harder than you think, if the second (child) window isn't isn't opened by the Parent, my session ID is invalid, it also posts lot of other data, I've tried adding my logon credentials with no success, i've tried opening to browser windows to that website, an logged in on both, wich also got detected and terminated my sessions. This is a very tricky one, but I won't give up, eventually I'll see the light and find a way

I appriciate all your efforts very much
regards johnraus

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Added:
WebBrowserWindow.EnablePopupWindow
WebBrowserWindow.EnableLoadPopupInMainWindow
WebBrowserWindow.IsPopupWindowEnabled
WebBrowserWindow.IsLoadPopupInMainWindowEnabled

Fixed:
A few things in ams project globals. What once was DLL_CALL_STDCALL in some occasions must be DLL_CALL_CDECL or ams application could/would crash. This is mostly when parameters are numbers.


WebBrowserWindow.EnablePopupWindow
Enables disables popup windows. When you click a link that opens in a external window, it is considered popup window.


WebBrowserWindow.EnableLoadPopupInMainWindow
Enables disables the loading of popup windows into main window (WebBrowserWindow). This will force popup window to open into main window.


WebBrowserWindow.IsPopupWindowEnabled
Check if popup windows are enabled.


WebBrowserWindow.IsLoadPopupInMainWindowEnabled
Check if popup windows will load into main window.

Download

Follow the instructions as in v.1.0.0.0, v.1.0.0.1.

With Kind Regards
sside