Vb file browser control

NET windows for that will allow user to browse through folders and select multiple word documents and click a print button which will then print them in order of their created date oldest to newest.

Will upload a pic once my account is verified. The default path would be the path where the. The idea is to send the actions to a database to ensure that we have a total log of user actions. However the term embedding to me means you want to embed something that is not part of your application into your application. Like embedding a running executable of Windows Explorer into an application you created.

Rather than writing code to do what you want to do. If you look at Windows Explorer it has many controls on it. Toolbars, dropdown list, search textbox or something for searches.

The toolbars appear to be MenuStrips. In the top toolbar the File selection provides a print selection. I would guess the window on the left displaying folders may be a treeview. And the window in the middle displaying folders and files may also be a treeview. The window on the right may somehow provide an appropriate control for previewing specific file types. I don't know what uploading a pic after some kind of account is verified has to do with a Windows Explorer type control.

Last by not the least. Since we set a registery value, and to avoid any errors, you will need to have elevated privileges in order to apply the changes. Add the following to your app manifist:. This code is compatible with. NET 2 through. NET 4. If you only use newest versions of. This control is given the default name WebBrowser1. To design the interface, you need to insert one combo box which will be used to display the URLs.

In addition, you can insert a few images which will function as command buttons for the user to navigate the web; they are the Go command, the Back command, the Forward command, the Refresh command and the Home command. You can actually put in the command buttons instead of the images, but using images will definitely improve the look of the browser. Newer versions of Internet Explorer 5.

There are several known issues with having more than one WebBrowser control in a project and having each control loaded with the same type of Office document that is, all Word documents, or all Excel spreadsheets. It is recommended that you only use one control per project, and browse to one document at a time. The most common problem is with Office command bars, which appear disabled. If you have two WebBrowser controls on the same form, both of which are loaded with Word documents, and you have displayed toolbars by using one of the preceding techniques, only one set of toolbars is active and works correctly.

The other is disabled and cannot be used. To clear the WebBrowser of its current contents, in the Click event of another command button or in some other appropriate place in your code , browse to the default blank page by using the following code:.

By default, the Office programs do not open Office documents in the Web browser. This behavior also affects the WebBrowser control. We recommended that you use a custom ActiveX document container instead of the WebBrowser control when you develop applications that open Office documents.

For existing applications that require backward compatibility with the WebBrowser control, you can modify the registry to configure Internet Explorer.

You can use this method to configure Internet Explorer to open Office documents in the Web browser. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:. Note If you modify the registry by using the method that is mentioned in Knowledge Base article , the changes affect the WebBrowser control that you use in the application.