Programming The mshtml Web browser control with C ++

This article introduces how to use mshtml to implement browser instances in C ++.

Http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/win/misc/mshtml/

 

 

It is possible to render HTML in an ordinary windows program Mshtml. This makes it possible to have a web look and feel in a program. because I think this is quite interesting, I decided to write some C ++ classes that make it possible to use mshtml in an easy way. I found some ideas on how to do that with embed an HTML control in your own window using plain C. test programthis test programm displays a simple HTML document in a window. the HTML document consists of three links. these links are fully operational. mshtmltest. CPP

#include <windows.h>#include "HTMLWindow.h"int CALLBACK WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE /*unused__*/, LPSTR /*lpszCmdLine*/, int /*nCmdShow*/) {  HTMLWindow* html_window = new HTMLWindow (      // Parameter html_or_url:      "Parameter title        "MSHTMLTest",        hInstance,      false  // indicates: this not an url, but html        );  MSG msg;  while (GetMessage(&msg, 0, 0, 0)) {    TranslateMessage(&msg);    if (msg.message >= WM_KEYFIRST &&         msg.message <= WM_KEYLAST) {      ::SendMessage(html_window->hwnd_, msg.message, msg.wParam, msg.lParam);    }    DispatchMessage(&msg);  }  return 0;}

Displaying an HTML documentthe following program displayes an URL. So, it can be called like:

DisplayHTML.exe www.your-favorite-url.zzz

If the URL happens to be an HTML file on the harddisk, call it like so:

DisplayHTML.exe file://c:/path/to/your/document.html

Displayhtml. cpp

#include <windows.h>#include "HTMLWindow.h"int CALLBACK WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE, LPSTR, int) {  if (__argc < 2) {    ::MessageBox(0, "DisplayHTML.exe html-document", "Specify HTML document to be displayed", 0);    return -1;  }  HTMLWindow* html_window = new HTMLWindow (    __argv[1],       "DisplayHTML",        hInstance,       true  // it is an url      );  MSG msg;  while (GetMessage(&msg, 0, 0, 0)) {    TranslateMessage(&msg);    if (msg.message >= WM_KEYFIRST &&         msg.message <= WM_KEYLAST) {      ::SendMessage(html_window->hwnd_, msg.message, msg.wParam, msg.lParam);    }    DispatchMessage(&msg);  }  return 0;}

Downloading mshtmltestthe sources (including makefile) as well as the exes can be downloaded here: mshtmltest. I compiled