Visual Basic Browser tutorial

**(G)rapefruit** · 10-03-2009

(G)rapefruit's supersimple Visual Basic tutorial: How to make a simple web browser!

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For newbies.

Step one:

Start Visual basic, File > New Project > Windows Form application > Name it > OK.

[IMG]https://i708.photobucke*****m/albums/ww84/seanyboy225/screen1-1.jpg[/IMG]

Step two:

Resize it to your preferable size and insert these things:

*Textbox
*5 Buttons ( I KNOW THAT THERE IS A BUTTON 6 IN THE SCREENS!!! IGNORE IT! JUST MAKE 5 BUTTONS)
*Web Browser
*Text Box

[IMG]https://i708.photobucke*****m/albums/ww84/seanyboy225/screen2.jpg[/IMG]

Step three:

*Click button 1 and make the text: Back
*Do the same with button 2 but make it Forward
*Make button 3: Refresh
*Button 4: home
*Button 5: Go

[IMG]https://i708.photobucke*****m/albums/ww84/seanyboy225/screen3.jpg[/IMG]

Step four:

Name the form like you named the buttons
[IMG]https://i708.photobucke*****m/albums/ww84/seanyboy225/screen4.jpg[/IMG]

Step five:

Code the buttons by double clicking them.

[IMG]https://i708.photobucke*****m/albums/ww84/seanyboy225/screen8.jpg[/IMG]

Go button:

Code:

WebBrowser1.Navigate(TextBox1.Text)

Back button:

Code:

WebBrowser1.GoBack()

Forward button:

Code:

WebBrowser1.GoForward()

Refresh button:

Code:

WebBrowser1.Refresh()

Home button:

Code:

WebBrowser1.GoHome()

Step six:

Click the 'Debug' button and start the browser.

[IMG]https://i708.photobucke*****m/albums/ww84/seanyboy225/debugscreen.jpg[/IMG]

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It worked for me:

[IMG]https://i708.photobucke*****m/albums/ww84/seanyboy225/lastscreen.jpg[/IMG]

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To make a starting page:

Click the web browser in your [Design] and look for the URL in the properties box:

[IMG]https://i708.photobucke*****m/albums/ww84/seanyboy225/URL.jpg[/IMG]

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That's it! I hope it will be usefull for some people...