Internet Explorer Web Development
I have a VB6 app that uses the InternetExplorer.Application object to open a browser window. It works fine with IE6.
With IE7, when I call the Navigate method and pass it a URL (in this case it is an https:// URL), an IE7 window appears and the tab on it says "connecting...". Then a second IE7 window appears, and it opens the web site that I want.
Any idea why two IE7 windows are opening and how to reduce it to one
Ok, I found out some more information.....
It looks like the IE7 InternetExplorer object I am creating is opening the URL in a new window because of the https:// and it thinks it is in a different security zone (even though nothing is currently open in the browser). This seems pretty odd to me.
Once I added the web site to the list of trusted sites, it no longer does this. I even reproduced this behavior by opening a new browser by hand, which has About:Blank as its home page, and then typing in an https:// address in the address bar. It wants to open it in a new window. This seems really ugly.
So questions now arise -
1. Is there any way to have a new instance of IE open an HTTPS site without opening it in a second instance
2. Is there any easy way to roll out trusted web sites en-mass firm wide
3. Any other suggestions how to overcome this
Hello Scott.
Bummer! This suck¡¯s Vista clients can¡¯t register over the Internet anymore with VB6!!!
I too have the same problem trying to auto register my old VB6 programs using Vista and IE7.
Yet I¡¯m opening a HTTP page. When I try and pass registration info filled out in a VB6 program and Navigate to the page I also get the same behavior your describing.
Except, it only passes 1 or 2 of the 15 variables to the 2nd http. Page and after filling out the rest by hand and clicking the final register button it stops and returns an error ¡°The remote server machine does not exist or is unavailable"
XP and IE7 work without a problem. I suspect It¡¯s the difference versions of ieFrame.DLL!!!
I¡¯m going to try and move it to https and try your solution and will let you know.
But this solution would be a major inconvenience for my clients!!
Good Luck Scott