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.
Version 2.0.5
The control use :
⦁RC6 version 6.0.14
⦁WebView2
⦁Fixed version 114 : Windows 10, 11, Server 2016, Server 2019, Server 2022
⦁Fixed version 109 : Windows 7, 8, 8.1, Server 2012, Server 2008 R2
New Properties
New Methods :
InitEx : extended version of the Init method. Allows you to :
⦁ initiate browsing in private mode
⦁ choose the user data directory of the browser.
⦁ Set browser command line switches
⦁ ...
GetInnerText : returns the text content of the control, but also the cookies of the page, all the links of the page...
GetInnerHTML : returns the HTML content of the control, but also the cookies of the page, all the links of the page...
New Events
NavigationStarting : raised when the WebView main frame is requesting permission to navigate to a different URI.
Version 2.0.4
The control use :
⦁ RC6 version 6.0.12
⦁ WebView2 Fixed version 110
New Properties
New Methods :
SetZoomFactor : sets the zoom factor for the page displayed in the control...
RunJs : runs JavaScript code from the javaScript parameter in the current top-level document rendered in the Control (Replace JsRun)
RunJsAsync : asynchronously runs JavaScript code from the javaScript parameter in the current top-level document rendered in the Control (Replace JsRunAsync)
New Events
ZoomChanged : raised when the user change the browser zoom factor.
