Add Link in webbrowser control using VB NET

Question

How to insert a link in webbrowser control without webBrowser1.Document.ExecCommand("CreateLink", True, Nothing).

I've tried to add with webBrowser1.Document.ExecCommand("CreateLink", False, "<a href='http://www.microsoft.com'>microsoft</a>"), but doesn't work.

Note: I don't have problem with:

webBrowser1.Document.ExecCommand("insertimage", True, Nothing)

webBrowser1.Document.ExecCommand("CreateLink", True, Nothing)

webBrowser1.Document.ExecCommand("EditMode", True, Nothing)

and others command

could you help me?

 

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memo

Answer 1

Have you tried manipulating directly the html with the WebBrowser1.DocumentText property?  I believe that is what I have done in the past.

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Mike

Answer 2

Hi,
If I am understanding your requirement properly and if you just need a link in WebBrowser control, you can do so by placing a LinkLabel control over the WebBrowser control.

Then, you can write your code as desired on the click event of the link.
I tried the same to get results as in the image here.

https://sites.google.com/site/konnichiwaall/Home/WB0.JPG?attredirects=0(Form
https://sites.google.com/site/konnichiwaall/Home/WB1.JPG?attredirects=0(WebBrowser control used with a link on top left corner.)
https://sites.google.com/site/konnichiwaall/Home/WB2.JPG?attredirects=0 with WebBrowser control and link)(New Page opened on click on the link. Link still stays there.)

Private Sub LinkLabel1_LinkClicked(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs) Handles LinkLabel1.LinkClicked
    Dim newURI As New Uri("http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/user/forumsthreads?page=2")
    WebBrowser1.Url = newURI
End Sub

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Answer 3

Hello gcontreras,

Can you be more specific with your question?

To add a link in webBrowser control, you can get some useful information on the following links:

• How to Insert a LINK at cursor position in WebBrowser
• ExecCommand Method
• CreateLink Command

Please let me know if they didn't help and elaborate more about the question.

Best wishes,

 

 

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Answer 4

Hi gcontreras,

What do you mean "it doesn't work"? Any error message or ? It works all right on my side (Windows 7+ VS2010) with following code:

 webBrowser1.Document.ExecCommand("CreateLink",true,"<a href='http://www.microsoft.com'>microsoft</a>");

Note that you need to fill the webBrowser with some content (eg. by set Url property) at first, otherwise it will throw NullReferenceException.

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Answer 5

Hi G,

It is not important if the program language is VB or C#

You navigate to a link by using the navigate property

webBrowser1.Navigate("www.Microsoft.Com") in C# with a semicolon at the end. 

 

 

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Success
Cor

Answer 6

Hi gcontreras,

If you feel the solution I gave doesn’t real answer your question, please feel free to unmark it and update the thread.

Regards,

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Answer 7

The answer given by Microsoft team  Helen Zhou [MSFT] is wrong

Actually Question is How to insert a link <a href = "www.abobjects.com">click here </a>

This can be done as below

  Clipboard.SetText(str);
        editor.Copy();
      editor.Paste();

 

by  Parvez Ahmad Hakim, www.abobjects.com