Re: displaying simple HTML in VB6 project w/o overkill?

harry <[email protected]> Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:12:57 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.windows
Organization Another Netscape Collabra Server User
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Jason Boardman wrote:
> Hi,
> I am looking for a way to display very simple HTML formatted text (text 
> formatting tags, colored text, tables- no images, no forms, no scripts, 
> no style sheets, etc) from within a VB6 project.  I know there is the 
> built in Microsoft Browser control, but it uses IE DLLs and is way 
> over-bloated for my needs, and who wants to use IE anyway?
> 
> I have been looking into the Mozilla ActiveX Project 
> (http://www.iol.ie/~locka/mozilla/mozilla.htm) which looks good but 
> before I go with that I wanted to ask the community, is there an even 
> lighter way to do this?  All I am doing is making a window in my project 
> that will display in-house personnel documents and manuals.  Nothing 
> fancy.  I chose HTML as everyone already knows how to write content 
> using it.  Is there a better way to show simple HTML in a VB6 Project? 
> Is there a better way than HTML?  Post your thoughts!
> 
> Thanks!
> Jason Boardman

Check the Microsoft Rich Textbox Control 6.0.
It can handle .rtf files (Word/OpenOffice/..). But: No Links!

Harry