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Q246733: INFO: Windows CE Web Browsers

Article: Q246733
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 09-JUL-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual Basic 6.0, version 1.0 
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SUMMARY
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Windows CE currently supports two Web browsers:

1. Pocket Internet Explorer
2. Internet Explorer for Windows CE

The information in this article provides a breakdown of both browsers.

MORE INFORMATION
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Pocket Internet Explorer:

Features:

Integrated with the Windows CE Desktop
Supported in Windows CE 1.0+

Supported:

HTML 3.2
Microsoft JScript

Unsupported:

Cascading Style Sheets
Dynamic HTML
ActiveX controls
Java Applets or Applications
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)

Memory Footprint:

Approximately 1.3MB

Hosting:

HTML Viewer Control

Used by:

Pocket Internet Explorer 1.0
Windows CE Help (PEGHELP.EXE)

Files for hosting:

htmlctrl.h, htmlview.lib, htmlview.dll

Hosting sample:

Please refer to article "Creating an HTML Viewer Control" located at:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/wcedoc/wcehpc/jup_prog_30.htm

Internet Explorer for Windows CE:

Features:

Ported from Internet Explorer 4.01, SP 2
Supported in Windows CE 2.12

Supported:

HTML 4.0
Microsoft JScript
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS1 compliant)
Dynamic HTML
ActiveX controls
Java Applets or Applications
International language support (Unicode characters)
Images (GIF, JPEG, BMP, and XBM)
Multimedia (using Microsoft DirectShow)

Unsupported:

Data binding
Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript)
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Internet Code Download
Portable Network Graphics (PNG)
Microsoft Virtual Machine
Gopher
Recreation Software Advisory Council on the Internet
(RSACi) rating system
Filters and transitions

Memory Footprint:

Approximately 3.1MB

Hosting:

Web Browser Control

Files for hosting:

exdisp.h, shdocvw.dll

Interfaces for hosting:

IWebBrowser2

Hosting sample:

Please refer to article "Using the WebBrowser Control" located at:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/c-frame.htm?/workshop/browser/webbrowser/webbrowser.asp

REFERENCES
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More information about both browsers is available at the MSDN Online Web
Workshop:

  http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/c-frame.htm?942956883159#/workshop/essentials/windowsce/internet_support.asp

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbWinCETKVBSearch kbWinCESearch kbWinCETK100VB600
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Issue type        : kbinfo

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