WOW.NET is the most complete WebBrowser implementation available on the market. Now you can have all of the features of the original ActiveX WOW control you know and love but in a pure .NET assembly and a HUGE number of new features. Of course, we still have the original window.external.RaiseEvent functions, and you can set your own [ComVisible] .NET objects to be the window.external object so you can call your object's methods and properties directly from your webpage. The download includes examples.

WOW.NET is a C# .NET 2.0 control that creates, hosts and sinks the events of the original Webbrowser control (Not .NET or any other wrapper). Advanced customization and total control over the Webbrowser control are achieved via implementation of a number of interfaces, along with the addition of many methods, properties and events. The control has no dependencies on MSHTML interop. All of the interfaces, enums and structs are defined within the project.

Here are some of the features of this control:

Can easily be extended by adding other interfaces and methods, unlike .NET or any other Webbrowser wrapper
All the basics expected from a Webbrowser wrapper are implemented. Setting/getting UI, and DL control flags. Handling of context menus, keyboard, registry, security manager, script errors, popups, authentication, security problems, font size, message boxes
Stop dialogs launched using showModelessDialog() and showModalDialog() jаvascript methods
Monitor all HTTP and HTTPS request and response headers with the opportunity to add your own headers. This includes images, sounds, scripts, etc.
Built in HTMLDocument and HTMLWindow events
Frameset aware. All the relevant routines check for frames
Full drag and drop support
Refresh begin and end events
Create and resolve Internet shortcuts using IShellLink interface
Load HTML content specifying BaseURL
Added functionality to use the control as an MSHTML editor
MSHTML as a UI-less HTML parser helper class
Control

This is a basic class derived from Control class. It overrides a number of Control methods in order to create, host and dispose the Webbrowser control. In addition, it handles resize events and forwards keyboard, focus, refresh and visibility events to the hosted Webbrowser control.

Interfaces

Each interface mentioned below plays a role in either the hosting or customization process. I decided not to go through a detailed explanation of how to implement and use the interfaces. One can easily find all of the information regarding implementation and functionalities offered by these interfaces from MSDN, or right here on this site.

IOleClientSite - required as part of Webbrowser control hosting interfaces
IOleInPlaceSite - required as part of Webbrowser control hosting interfaces
IDocHostShowUI - to handle ::ShowMessage
IDocHostUIHandler - to handle ::ShowContextMenu, ::TranslateAccelerator, ::GetOptionKeyPath, ::GetDropTarget and ::GetHostInfo
DWebBrowserEvents2 - to handle Webbrowser events
IDropTarget - to handle full drag drop internally
IServiceProvider - to handle ::QueryService
IHttpSecurity - to handle HTTP-related security problems
IWindowForBindingUI - returns a handle via ::GetWindow that is used by MSHTML to display information in client UI
INewWindowManager - WinX sp2 and up, to handle popups
IAuthenticate - to handle basic and NTLM authentication
IOleCommandTarget - to intercept script errors via the ::Exec method
IinternetSecurityManager - to handle ::ProcessUrlAction
IHTMLEventCallBack - A callback mechanism to pass HTMLDocument and HTMLWindow events to the control and, in turn, to the client
IProtectFocus - IE7 + Vista - Queries for permission to grab the focus when loading the page or when a script attempts to focus an element
IHTMLOMWindowServices - XP sp2 - Enables applications that are hosting the WebBrowser Control to intercept the window object calls for manipulating the host window coordinates from Dynamic HTML (DHTML) script
Properties

WBDOCDOWNLOADCTLFLAG - get set - DOC_DOWNLOAD_CONTROL_FLAGS
DownloadImages - get set - shortcut for DOCDOWNLOADCTLFLAG.DLIMAGES
DownloadSounds - get set - shortcut for DOCDOWNLOADCTLFLAG.BGSOUNDS
DownloadActiveX - get set - shortcut for DOCDOWNLOADCTLFLAG.NO_DLACTIVEXCTLS
DownloadJava - get set - shortcut for DOCDOWNLOADCTLFLAG.NO_JAVA
DownloadFrames - get set - shortcut for DOCDOWNLOADCTLFLAG.NO_FRAMEDOWNLOAD
DownloadScripts - get set - shortcut for DOCDOWNLOADCTLFLAG.NO_SCRIPTS
WBDOCHOSTUIFLAG - get set - DOC_HOST_UI_FLAGS
Border3DEnabled - get set - Webbrowser 3D border
ScrollBarsEnabled - get set - Webbrowser Scrollbars
WBDOCHOSTUIDBLCLK - get set - DOC_HOST_UI_DBLCLK
TextSize - get set - Webbrowser zoom property
CanGoBack - get - can navigate backward
CanGoForward - get - can navigate forward
WebbrowserObject - get - Document object of Webbrowser control
SendSourceOnDocumentCompleteWBEx - get set - fires DocumentCompleteEX event rather than DocumentComplete. DocumentCompleteEX event has one additional parameter that contains the source of the pDisp document object at the time DocmentComplete was called
IEServerHwnd - get - Internet Explorer_Server HWND
ShellEmbedingHwnd - get - ShellEmbedding HWND
ShellDocObjectHwnd - get - ShellDocObject HWND
RegisterAsDropTarget - get set - Webbrowser default drag drop
RegisterForInternalDragDrop - get set - Instructs the control to take over drag drop. Uses WBDragxxx and WBDropxxx events to notify the client
RegisterAsBrowser - get set - Registers Webbrowser as a top-level browser for target name resolution
Silent - get set - whether the Webbrowser control can show dialog boxes
LocationName - get - name of the resource that Webbrowser control is currently displaying
LocationUrl - get set - URL of the resource that Webbrowser control is currently displaying
Busy - get - indicating whether the Webbrowser control is engaged in a navigation or downloading operation
OffLine - get set - currently operating in offline mode
ReadyState - get - retrieves Readystate of the Webbrowser control
ThumbImage - get - Contains a thumb image of the Webbrowser or null
ObjectForScripting property. Allows jаvascript functions in an HTML page to call methods and properties of a an instance class passed to this property. Same as ObjectForScripting of C# Webbrowser wrapper control. An example of how to use this property has been provided in WinExternal class of frmMain
DocumentTitle - Sets or retrieves the title of the document
DocumentSource - Sets or retrieves the HTML source of the document
Methods

Basic

These methods are self explanatory

public void Navigate(string URL)
public void Navigate(string URL, BrowserNavConstants Flags)
public void Navigate(string URL, BrowserNavConstants Flags, string TargetFrameName)
public void Navigate(string URL, BrowserNavConstants Flags, string PostData)
public void Navigate(string URL, string PostData)
public void Navigate(string URL, byte[] PostData)
public void Navigate2(string URL)
public void Stop()
public bool GoBack()
public bool GoForward()
public void GoHome()
public void GoSearch()
public void Refresh2(RefreshConstants Level)
public bool SelectAll()
public bool Clear()
public bool ClearSelection()
public bool Copy()
public bool Paste()
public bool Cut()
public bool Undo()
public bool Redo()
public bool Delete()
public bool PasteSpecial()
public bool Spell()
public bool NewWindow()
public bool Print()
public bool Print2()
public bool Properties()
public bool PrintPreview()
public bool PrintPreview2()
public bool PageSetup()
public void SaveAs()
public bool Find()
public bool IEOptions()
public bool ViewSource()
public void OrganizeFavorites()
public void PrivacySettings()
public void LanguageDialog()
public void ProgramAccessAndDefaults()
public void AddToFavorites()
public void ImportExport()
public void SendLinkByEmail()
public void SendPageByEmail()
public void SendShortcutToDesktop()
Extended

Note: In a frameset, the bTopLevel parameter determines whether to use the top level document or to attempt to find and use the active document

public bool LoadUrlIntoBrowser(String url) - Loads a URL into browser using IPersistMoniker interface
public bool LoadHtmlIntoBrowser(string html, string sBaseUrl) - Loads HTML content into browser using LoadHTMLMoniker class and IPersistMoniker interface, allowing client to set the baseurl
public bool LoadHtmlIntoBrowser(string html) - Loads HTML content into browser using IPersistStreamInit interface, baseurl, is set to аbout:blank by MSHTML
public void ShowCertificateDialog() - If available, displays certificate for current website
public Image DrawThumb(int W, int H, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat pixFormat) - Uses IE_Server HWND to draw a thumb image of the Webbrowser control. Faster than other methods with one draw back. It only works if the Webbrowser control is in front of Zorder
public Image DrawThumb2(int W, int H, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat pixFormat) - Uses IViewObject interface obtained from IHTMLDocument2 to draw a thumb image of the Webbrowser control
public void SaveBrowserImage(string sFileName, System.Drawing.Imaging.PixelFormat pixFormat, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat format) - Saves Webbrowser image
public bool HasFocus()
public void SetFocus()
public void SetFocusBody()
public bool FindInPage(string sFind, bool DownWard, bool MatchWholeWord, bool MatchCase, bool ScrollIntoView) - Finds a match. Returns true if found, else false. In a frameset, it attempts to find and use the active document.
public int FindAndHightAllInPage(string sFind, bool MatchWholeWord, bool MatchCase, int cbackColor, int cForeColor) - Finds and highlights all matches. Returns number of matches found. In a frameset, it attempts to find and use the active document.
public int FindAndHightAllInPage(string sFind, bool MatchWholeWord, bool MatchCase, string cbackColor, string cForeColor)
public int FindAndHightAllInPage(string sFind, bool MatchWholeWord, bool MatchCase, Color cbackColor, Color cForeColor)
public bool IsCommandEnabled(string sCmdId) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument2::queryCommandEnabled
public bool SetDesignMode(string sMode)
public string GetDesignMode()
public IHTMLElement GetActiveElement() - Returns the active element or null. Accounts for frames
public IHTMLDocument2 GetActiveDocument() - Returns the active document or null. Accounts for frames
public string GetTitle(bool bTopLevel) - Wrapper for IHtmlDocument2::title
public string GetTitle(IWebBrowser2 thisBrowser)
public string GetText(bool bTopLevel) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument3::outerText
public string GetText(IWebBrowser2 thisBrowser)
public string GetSource(bool bTopLevel) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument3::outerHTML
public string GetSource(IWebBrowser2 thisBrowser)
public IHTMLElementCollection GetImages(bool bTopLevel) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument2::images
public IHTMLElementCollection GetAnchors(bool bTopLevel) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument2::anchors
public string GetSelectedText(bool bTopLevel, bool ReturnAsHTML) - Returns selection as plain text or HTML.
public IHTMLElement ElementFromPoint(bool bTopLevel, int X, int Y) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument2::elementFromPoint
public bool ExecCommand(bool bTopLevel, string CmdId) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument2::execCommand
public bool QueryCommandState(bool bTopLevel, string CmdId) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument2::queryCommandState
public bool OleCommandExec(bool bTopLevel, MSHTML_COMMAND_IDS CmdID) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument2::IOleCommandTarget::Exec
public object QueryCommandValue(string CmdID) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument2::queryCommandValue
public bool QueryCommandState(bool bTopLevel, string CmdId) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument2::queryCommandState
public IHTMLElement GetElementByID(bool bTopLevel, string idval) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument3::getElementById
public IHTMLElementCollection GetElementsByTagName(bool bTopLevel, String tagname) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument3::getElementsByTagName
public IHTMLElementCollection GetElementsByName(bool bTopLevel, string elemname) - Wrapper for IHTMLDocument3::getElementsByName
public object execScript(bool bTopLevel, string ScriptName, string ScriptLanguage) - Wrapper for IHTMLWindow2::execScript
public bool OleCommandExec(bool bTopLevel, MSHTML_COMMAND_IDS CmdID, object pvaIn) - Wrapper for IHTMLWindow2::execScript, which accepts a parameter
public object InvokeScript(string ScriptName, object[] Data) - Invokes a script within the HTML page
public object InvokeScript(IWebBrowser2 wb, string ScriptName, object[] Data) - Invokes a script within the HTML page
public bool IsFrameset()
public int FramesCount()
public List GetFrames() - Returns a List populated with the IWebbrowser interfaces of the frames
public bool CreateInternetShortCut(string LocalFileName, string URL, string Description, string IconFileName, int IconIndex) - Attempts to create an Internet shortcut
public string ResolveInternetShortCut(string InternetShortCutPath) - Attempts to resolve an Internet shortcut
public bool ClearHistory() - Clears IE history
public void ActivateHTMLEvents(HTMLEventType EventType, int[] HTMLEventDispIds) - Activates either HTMLdocument or HTMLWindow events
public void DeactivateHTMLEvents(HTMLEventType EventType) - Deactivates previously activated HTMLDocument or HTMLwindow events
public void StartHTTPAPP() Call to start receiving HTTP request and response headers via ProtocolHandlerOnResponse and ProtocolHandlerOnBeginTransaction events
public void StopHTTPAPP() Call to stop ProtocolHandlerOnResponse and ProtocolHandlerOnBeginTransaction events for HTTP protocol
public void StopHTTPSAPP() Call to stop ProtocolHandlerOnResponse and ProtocolHandlerOnBeginTransaction events for HTTPS protocol
public void StartHTTPSAPP() Call to start receiving HTTPS request and response headers via ProtocolHandlerOnResponse and ProtocolHandlerOnBeginTransaction events
void SetAllowHTMLDialogs() - default true - set allow or disallow flag for HTML dialogs launched using showModelessDialog() and showModalDialog() methods using CBT Window Hook
bool GetAllowHTMLDialogs() - get allow or disallow flag for HTML dialogs launched using showModelessDialog() and showModalDialog() methods using CBT Window Hook
public bool AutomationTask_PerformClickButton(string btnname) - Performs a click on a Button element with given name
public bool AutomationTask_PerformClickLink(string linkname) - Performs a click on a Link element with given name
public bool AutomationTask_PerformEnterData(string inputname, string strValue) - Enters strValue into an input element with given name
public bool AutomationTask_PerformEnterDataTextArea(string inputname, string strValue) - Enters strValue into a textarea element with given name
public bool AutomationTask_PerformSubmitForm(string formname) - Submits a form with given name
public bool AutomationTask_PerformSelectList(string selectname, string listitemvalue) - Selects a list item element with given listitemvalue
AutomationTask_PerformSelectRadio(string radioname) - Selects a radio or checkbox element with given radioname
Events

DWebBrowserEvents2

DocumentComplete has been modified to include an extra parameter, IsTopLevel, which indicates whether or not we have the top-level document.

DocumentComplete
BeforeNavigate2
ClientToHostWindow
CommandStateChange
DownloadBegin
DownloadComplete
FileDownload
NavigateComplete2
NavigateError
NewWindow2
NewWindow3
PrintTemplateInstantiation
PrintTemplateTeardown
PrivacyImpactedStateChange
ProgressChange
PropertyChange
SetSecureLockIcon
StatusTextChange
TitleChange
WindowClosing
WindowSetHeight
WindowSetLeft
WindowSetResizable
WindowSetTop
WindowSetWidth
UpdatePageStatus
Drag drop

To use internal drag drop functionality, RegisterForInternalDragDrop must be set to true (default)

WBDragEnter
WBDragLeave
WBDragOver
WBDragDrop
Extended

WBKeyDown - Rather than just firing when accelerator keys are used, I have decided to intercept key down and up, which I find to be more useful
WBKeyUp
WBContextMenu - Handle context menus
WBGetOptionKeyPath - Allows the client to set up their own registry settings for Webbrowser control to use
WBDocHostShowUIShowMessage - Allows interception of messageboxes
DocumentCompleteEX - Setting SendSourceOnDocumentCompleteWBEx property will cause this event to fire instead of DocumentComplete, passing an extra parameter that contains the source of the document
WBAuthenticate - Fires for basic and NTLM authentications. For NTLM, client needs to pass credentials as Username = Domain\username
WBSecurityProblem - Fires when WinInet encounters a security problem
WBEvaluteNewWindow - XPsp2, replaces NewWindowx events
RefreshBegin
RefreshEnd
ScriptError - Fires for script errors. Contains all details in regard to script error
ProcessUrlAction - Policy based URL processing
HTMLEvent - Only event handler for HTMLDocument and HTMLwindow events
ProtocolHandlerOnBeginTransaction Enables the client to view all the HTTP and HTTPS request headers of Webbrowser control
ProtocolHandlerOnResponse Enables the client to view all HTTP and HTTPS the response headers of Webbrowser control
AllowFocusChange - IE7 Vista - notify client when focus is being changed via implementation of IProtectFocus interface
HTMLOMWindowServices_moveTo - IHTMLOMWindowServices implementation - Moves the screen position of the upper-left corner of the application window to the specified coordinates
HTMLOMWindowServices_moveBy - IHTMLOMWindowServices implementation - Moves the screen position of the application window by the specified offset values
HTMLOMWindowServices_resizeTo - IHTMLOMWindowServices implementation - Changes the current size of the application window by the specified offset values.
HTMLOMWindowServices_resizeBy - IHTMLOMWindowServices implementation - Sets the size of the application window to the specified values
Demo application

I have attempted to make the demo as comprehensive as possible. Here are some of its main features:

Multi Tab, Thumb navigation and synchronization of GUI elements
Document information
DOM information
A multi tab HTML editor with source and preview tabs. Offering many functionalities, background and foreground colors, font, font size, alignment, bold, italic, underline, indent, out dent, save, load, print, text back and fore colors. Insert bulleted list, order list, link, image, br, hr, table, table cell properties, source highlighting, a tree populated with most common tags for insertion in source view, full drag drop
Full favorites implementation using dynamic menus
Cookies and Cache viewer and remover, per site or all
Demonstration of just about all DWebBrowserEvents2, including popups.
Usage of a static class to share forms and controls within the application
Find and highlight in page
Authentication
Clear cache
Loading images from an embedded image strip
Search engine query

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