Gecko Layout Engine?

[bastawhiz]

Is there a way to implement Gecko (Firefox's layout engine) in vb.net (or any .Net language for that matter, so long as it isn't C++)? I need to just be able to tell it what to put onscreen and thats it. I don't want it to download anything, refrence anything, etc. I just want it to display stuff.

Is there some kind of ActiveX control for this or some sort of assembly that I can reference?

If this isn't possible, is there some other lightweight HTML rendering client out there (free, so no KHTML or MSHTML) that will render even just HTML 3.0 or later (no JS, but CSS would be nice) and support a goodly amount of tags? That would be just fine. Again, I just want a layout engine. It should alert my program via events when it needs a file/document.

Thanks!

[Express]

The IE control works best. Its very stable and reliable.

But if you want Gecko then use Locka's prebuilt ActiveX control : http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/control.htm

[bastawhiz]

Is there any way to render *just* what I feed to it rather than pointing it at a url?

[Express]

Not possible using pure VB. You will have to create a temporary file and then use the Navigate2 method.

[benjeeeboy]

Doesn't sound like you want to do this, but you could probably build a .net control based off of the source code.

[quadsoft]

lucky for you there already is a gecko control made for .net. what you're looking for is gecko-sharp

[SharpGreen]

where do you go to download gecko-sharp?

[amrinders87]

The IE control works best. Its very stable and reliable.

But if you want Gecko then use Locka's prebuilt ActiveX control : http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/control.htm

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Yeah just use the IE control.

[Malisk]

where do you go to download gecko-sharp?

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Here, maybe?

http://zacbowling.com/projects/gtkembedmoz/

However, it seems to be aimed for C/C++ devs.

[quadsoft]

the url to gecko-sharp is here: http://go-mono.com/sources/gecko-sharp-2.0...2.0-0.10.tar.gz

[smurfiness]

Doesn't gecko-sharp have several other dependencies as well? GTK for instance? I doubt the poster wants to install a bunch of extra crap on every system just to run the Gecko engine. The ActiveX control is a much simpler solution.

[bastawhiz]

Just checked back. I think I'm going to just use the Gecko ActiveX. I'll see what I can do from there.

[Genome_soldier]

The IE control works best. Its very stable and reliable.

But if you want Gecko then use Locka's prebuilt ActiveX control : http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/control.htm

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Yeah just use the IE control.

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It might seem that the IE control is the way to go but maybe he's trying something diferent, and besides IE has issues rendering CSS since it doesnt follow W3C standars.

Just checked back. I think I'm going to just use the Gecko ActiveX. I'll see what I can do from there.

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oh and would you mind on telling us how it went with that?? ;) , because i might use something like that in an upcoming project :cool: . tks