OrdoWebView2 version 3 is an ActiveX control that lets you embed Microsoft®’s Chromium-based WebView2® control directly into your own applications.
It serves as a modern replacement for the legacy VB6 WebView control, which relied on an obsolete version of Internet Explorer.
Version 3.0 is a major upgrade. Please note that it is not binary-compatible with version 2 (though both versions can safely coexist on the same system). (See here for version 2)
- Lightweight Dependencies: Its only requirement is WebView2 itself. Thanks to Vladimir Vissoultchev’s (Wqweto) class, RC6 is no longer required.
- Full Feature Support: Exposes most properties, methods, and events from the native WebView2 control.
- Edge® Extension Management: Full support for downloading extensions directly from the Microsoft Edge® Web Store, managing popups and extension option pages, and toggling extensions on or off...
Deployment & Setup:
The downloadable setup package installs the OrdoWebView2 OCX, the WebView2Loader.dll interface library, and a fixed-version release of Microsoft’s WebView2 runtime. You can also opt to use the Evergreen version, which updates automatically.
The installer includes a sample Visual Basic 6 test application along with its complete source code to help you get started quickly.
Inside the Redistributable folder, you’ll find OrdoWebView2ControlRedistributable.exe, which installs the control and its dependencies on client machines. Run it with the /verysilent flag to embed it seamlessly into your own installer. The Microsoft Evergreen WebView2 standalone bootstrapper is also provided in this folder.
