The web object lets you display a web site on the page or dialog, just like it would appear in Internet Explorer. It does this by taking advantage of the Internet Explorer ActiveX control that is found on most systems.
Specifically, it embeds this Internet Explorer control directly into your AutoPlay application at run time. This essentially "borrows" the Internet Explorer rendering engine—which is the part of Internet Explorer that deals with showing web pages on a computer screen—and uses it to display HTML in your application.
The end result is pretty much the same as what you would see in Internet Explorer itself, except that the Internet Explorer program interface is not visible. Therefore it looks like the web page is built right into your application. You can use it to display "live" web pages on the Internet, or to display "stored" web pages directly off a CD-ROM (or the user's hard drive).
The web object will only work if the Internet Explorer ActiveX control is installed on the user's system. It is compatible with version 4.01 or newer of the Internet Explorer control.
Note: You can configure the detection of the Internet Explorer control by going to Project > Dependencies.
Tip: You can add a web object by choosing Object > Web from the menu.