WebBrowser error

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HELP! I'm desprate! I created a web browser from "Common Controls". When I type following line:
webBrowser1.Navigate("somedir\\somefile.htm");
, I get nothing in browser.

Posted 26-Dec-10 6:22am

Ognjen2

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Manfred Rudolf Bihy · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-26T06:27:00

Please try to use a real URL. IE is spoiling you all by guessing where an url points to and doing "the right thing" (well at least what the IE developers thought should be the right thing).

Use this for an URL to the file system
String fileURL = "file:///C:/Folder1/folder2/someFile.html";

You'll have to use the correct drive and folder names of your system.

Cheers,

Manfred

#realJSOP · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-26T06:24:00

Solution 1

Try putting the code into a try/catch block and then running the app under the debugger.

And oh yeah - use forward slashes instead of backslashes in the file name you're trying to browse to.

Posted 26-Dec-10 6:24am

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Updated 26-Dec-10 6:25am

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