System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser open links in same window or new window with same session
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();
}
Slightly cleaned up version of Greg's answer. It modifies the passed-in control's behavior rather than relying on a global variable. Usage:
InlinePopups(webBrowser1);
Code:
// interface to expose ActiveX methods
private SHDocVw.WebBrowser_V1 Web_V1;
private void InlinePopups(WebBrowser browser)
{
// hooks to force new windows to open in the current instance
Web_V1 = (SHDocVw.WebBrowser_V1)browser.ActiveXInstance;
Web_V1.NewWindow += new SHDocVw.DWebBrowserEvents_NewWindowEventHandler((string URL, int Flags, string TargetFrameName, ref object PostData, string Headers, ref bool Processed) =>
{
Processed = true; // stop event from being processed
// open in the existing window
browser.Navigate(URL);
});
}
Still needs the reference to %WINDIR%\system32\shdocvw.dll, of course.