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[Ralph Pass]

I am using an AxWebBroswer in a C# project. (.Net 2002

If I use it to touch external sites, then thing work as expected. I can open multiple windows with AxWebBrowsers in them and everything still works

If, on the other hand, I open a local file (e.g., d:\index.html) then nothing is displayed and the hourglass is shown when the cursor in on the viewing area. Any forms with a web broswer after this,show the same behavior (blank viewing area with hourglass) even if the window is trying to hit an external web page. If I change the URL in any of windows to point to a local directory rather than a local html file, then I see a directory shown. If I then enter a url (local file or remote web site) then pages work fine. for that window. I need to do this on each form to get the forms to work.

To make clear, if I use d:\index.html as the first URL touched by an AxWebBrowser then the view area is blank and an hourglass shown. If I then try http://www.microsoft.com as the URL for that AxWebBrowser, I get the same behavior. If I then try d:\ as the URL for that AxWebBrowser, I get a directory listing. If I then try http://www.microsoft.com as the URL for that AxWebBrowser, I get the microsoft site shown. If I then try d:\index.html as the URL for that AxWebBrowser, I get the index.html web page shown, as I expected for the first tim

1. Has anyone seen this behavior
2. Does anyone have an idea on why this is
3. Any ideas on workarounds

Thanks
Ralph

[Philip Rieck]

I can't give you any hard answers (hopefully someone will), but here's what
I do to work around the issues I have.

After creating the axBrowser, I load up the page "about:blank", and wait for
it to complete. Then, I show pages / wait for user input, whatever to do
the "normal" behavior. This fixes issues with setting the HTML, loading
local pages, etc for me.

Hope this helps you, but I also hope you get actual answers to 1. and 2.
that you posted below.

-Philip
"Ralph Pass" <rp****@rppass.com> wrote in message
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I am using an AxWebBroswer in a C# project. (.Net 2002)

If I use it to touch external sites, then thing work as expected. I can open multiple windows with AxWebBrowsers in them and everything still works.
If, on the other hand, I open a local file (e.g., d:\index.html) then nothing is displayed and the hourglass is shown when the cursor in on the
viewing area. Any forms with a web broswer after this,show the same
behavior (blank viewing area with hourglass) even if the window is trying to
hit an external web page. If I change the URL in any of windows to point to
a local directory rather than a local html file, then I see a directory
shown. If I then enter a url (local file or remote web site) then pages
work fine. for that window. I need to do this on each form to get the forms
to work.
To make clear, if I use d:\index.html as the first URL touched by an AxWebBrowser then the view area is blank and an hourglass shown. If I then
try http://www.microsoft.com as the URL for that AxWebBrowser, I get the
same behavior. If I then try d:\ as the URL for that AxWebBrowser, I get a
directory listing. If I then try http://www.microsoft.com as the URL for
that AxWebBrowser, I get the microsoft site shown. If I then try
d:\index.html as the URL for that AxWebBrowser, I get the index.html web
page shown, as I expected for the first time
1. Has anyone seen this behavior?
2. Does anyone have an idea on why this is?
3. Any ideas on workarounds?
Thanks,
Ralph