Safe Control/Applet for Internet Explorer

[Wayne Gibson]

Hi,
was wondering if anybody could help.

I'm looking to create a control that I can embed in a web browser, be it
Internet Explorer or FireFox.
I know that these used to be ActiveX's when using VB or VC. Or they were
Java applets when using Java.

What is the new method when using C#?
Is it possible to have it download automatically without informing the user?
Are there any example projects about ?

Many thanks

Wayne Gibson

 

[Bob Powell [MVP]]

You mean to circumvent the chosen security setting of the client machine? Is
this a good idea?

Just out of interest you may be interested in reading the following article
entitled "The Anatomy of a Drive-By Download"

https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/ehowes/www/dbd-anatomy.htm

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[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Wayne,

Check out the following article titled "Using Windows Forms in Internet
Explorer", located at (watch for line wrap):

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/winforms/doc/WinFormsIeSourcing.aspx

However, this will require you to change the security settings on the
client machine, so you might have a deployment issue.

Or, if you are using .NET 2.0, you could use Click Once to help
distribute a windows forms app.

Hope this helps.