Make Your Own Web Browser Using VB6

Hello friends I am Soumya Mahata and today I am going to show you how to make your own web browser in 3 simple steps in Visual Basic 6.

STEP1: Open your Visual Basic 6.0 program then GOTO File->New Project->Standard EXE

              Now you need to add a component which is going to be your browser.
              So goto Project-> Components or you can press ctrl+T and from the component list
              box add Microsoft Internet Controls and now just drag and draw.

               Now add one text box and 3 command button(you may add more button for extra

               operations).

            Name the textbox as "adrs", GO button as "go",REV button as "rev",FORWARD

            button as "forw".

Now your browser is 50% ready and next step is to code and connect the whole component.

STEP2: Suppose you want to navigate or open a specific page when you open your

            browser first time.

            Then inside the form_load function write:

                                  WebBrowser1.Navigate ("www.google.com")

            Now let's write the code for navigating a page you want.So inside go_click() write the

            code:

                                   WebBrowser1.Navigate (adrs.Text)

           Here is the code for reverse page navigating,inside rev_click() write

                                   WebBrowser1.GoBack

           For forwarding write the code, inside forw_click() write

                                   WebBrowser1.GoForward

           Now are ready to browse internet.You can update the label of your browser

           form if you want,inside WebBrowser1_StatusTextChange() write

                                    adrs.Text = (WebBrowser1.LocationURL)

                                     Form1.Caption = (WebBrowser1.LocationName)

         Now your program is 99% complete.

         Here is the full code:-

STEP3: Last step is to save your project and form.Just goto File and save your project.

              If you to make it an executable file then goto File->Make <your project name> exe

              and create your .exe file.

              One last and most impotant thing is you need to write one extra line code for

              avoiding script error.

              Inside form_load() write WebBrowser1.Silent=True

              If you want to refresh your browser page  you can add refresh button and write this

              code inside that command button "WebBrowser1.Refresh".

 

So here is the browser:-

You can open any web page you want in most fastest way as there is no code for storing  cookies inside it.So enjoy it :)

Thats the end of your project.Here is the browser that i have made:-

Click here to download my browser.Its much faster than any other browser.The only disadvantage is it is a single tabbed browser.

So make your own browser and let me know how you have upgraded it.
Thank you for visiting and keep frequent visiting :)