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  • Federico Cozzi
    #1

    Starting a new Internet Explorer process and connecting to it

    Hello,
    in my VB.net I would like to
    1) start a new Internet Explorer process (not a new window of the
    running process)
    2) and connecting to its WebBrowser control, or InternetExplore rClass,
    afterwards.

    Basically, creating a new WebBrowser doesn't work because it opens a
    new window of the running Internet Explorer, but if I start a new IE
    process (with System.Diagnost ics.etc..) I don't know how to use it "as
    a browser" from my code.

    I suppose I should just start a new IE process and then connect to it
    using some kind of magic, but:
    a. how can I find the IE *I* just started, in a reliable way? I am not
    sure that checking for its URL is reliable enough... is there some
    sort of process ID to look for?
    b. when I find it, how do I "cast" it to my desired object?

    As you can see I am really a newbie Windows programmer... (I come from
    a Unix background)

    Thanks,
    Federico
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    • Lloyd Sheen
      #2
      Re: Starting a new Internet Explorer process and connecting to it

      Federico Cozzi wrote:
      Hello,
      in my VB.net I would like to
      1) start a new Internet Explorer process (not a new window of the
      running process)
      2) and connecting to its WebBrowser control, or InternetExplore rClass,
      afterwards.
      >
      Basically, creating a new WebBrowser doesn't work because it opens a
      new window of the running Internet Explorer, but if I start a new IE
      process (with System.Diagnost ics.etc..) I don't know how to use it "as
      a browser" from my code.
      >
      I suppose I should just start a new IE process and then connect to it
      using some kind of magic, but:
      a. how can I find the IE *I* just started, in a reliable way? I am not
      sure that checking for its URL is reliable enough... is there some
      sort of process ID to look for?
      b. when I find it, how do I "cast" it to my desired object?
      >
      As you can see I am really a newbie Windows programmer... (I come from
      a Unix background)
      >
      Thanks,
      Federico
      Perhaps it would be best if you told us what you are trying to
      accomplish so that we could help. If you are trying to control the
      webbrowser it is most likely that you want to host a web browser in your
      app.

      LS

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        • Federico Cozzi
          #3
          Re: Starting a new Internet Explorer process and connecting to it

          On 24 Ott, 16:21, Lloyd Sheen <a...@b.cwrot e:
          in my VB.net I would like to
          1) start a new Internet Explorer process (not a new window of the
          running process)
          2) and connecting to its WebBrowser control, or InternetExplore rClass,
          afterwards.
          Perhaps it would be best if you told us what you are trying to
          accomplish so that we could help.  If you are trying to control the
          webbrowser it is most likely that you want to host a web browser in your
          app.
          Simply put: I want to start and control the webbrowser in my app, but
          I want it NOT to share the same process of any external IE process
          already running.

          What happens now:
          a. I open an IE, say at www.google.com
          b. I run my program, which creates a webbrowser
          c. Task manger tells me that this is a new window of the already
          running IE, not a new IE process.

          Basically, I would like to create a new webbrowser with the parameter
          "create a new process, don't reuse existing process" but I can't find
          such parameter.

          Thanks

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