Question

When using the .NET WebBrowser control how do you open a link in a new window using the the same session (ie.. do not start a new ASP.NET session on the server), or how do you capture the new window event to open the URL in the same WebBrowser control?

Answer 1

I just spent an hour looking for the answer, so I though I would post the results here. You can use the SHDocVwCtl.WebBrowser_V1 object to capture the NewWindow event.

NOTE: Code from http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Visual_Basic/Q_21484555.html#discussion

//-------------------------------VB.NET Version:-------------------------------  Dim WithEvents Web_V1 As SHDocVwCtl.WebBrowser_V1  Private Sub Form_Load()     Set Web_V1 = WebBrowser1.Object End Sub  Private Sub Web_V1_NewWindow(ByVal URL As String, ByVal Flags As Long, ByVal TargetFrameName As String, PostData As Variant, ByVal Headers As String, Processed As Boolean)     Processed = True     WebBrowser1.Navigate URL End Sub   //-------------------------------C# Version-------------------------------  private SHDocVw.WebBrowser_V1 Web_V1; //Interface to expose ActiveX methods  private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) {     //Setup Web_V1 interface and register event handler     Web_V1 = (SHDocVw.WebBrowser_V1)this.webBrowser1.ActiveXInstance;     Web_V1.NewWindow += new SHDocVw.DWebBrowserEvents_NewWindowEventHandler(Web_V1_NewWindow); }  private void Web_V1_NewWindow(string URL, int Flags, string TargetFrameName, ref object PostData,string Headers, ref bool Processed) {     Processed = true; //Stop event from being processed      //Code to open in same window     this.webBrowser1.Navigate(URL);      //Code to open in new window instead of same window     //Form1 Popup = new Form1();     //Popup.webBrowser1.Navigate(URL);     //Popup.Show(); }