INFO: Advantages of Hosting WebBrowser Control Instead of MSHTML

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There is currently only one scenario where it is recommended that an application host Mshtml.dll rather than the WebBrowser control: Parsing HTML. The WalkAll sample in the Internet Client SDK demonstrates how to host MSHTML. The WalkAll sample also shows how to host MSHTML without the UI.

By hosting the WebBrowser control rather than MSHTML, you get the following functionality for free:

• Inplace Hyperlinking. If you click a hyperlink, you navigate to the new document inplace rather than launch a new instance of Internet Explorer.
• The ability to control viewing of rated sites.
• Full support for security zoning.
• Navigation. Simple Navigation methods rather than IPersist* interfaces for loading a Web document.
• Full support of the window object from Dynamic HTML scripting.

For more information on hosting the WebBrowser control or reusing MSHTML, please refer to Internet Client SDK Help. The topic "Reusing the WebBrowser Control and MSHTML" discusses in detail how to host the WebBrowser Control and MSHTML.