HTML in programs

Articles at Pocket PC Developer Network

• HTML based dialog for Pocket PC
  July 10, 2001. This article describes using HtmlView control and STHtmlDialog library that simplify creating of HTML based dialogs.
• QA: Why does not keyboard navigation work with HTML control?
  February 05, 2003. HTML control does not respond to keyboard events in my Pocket PC application. How can I enable keyboard navigation in the HTML control?

MSDN Technical Articles

• Developing in C++ with the HTML Viewer Control
  July 17, 2001. Develop C++ applications using the HTML Viewer Control to add graphics, fonts and colors to your application.
• Offline Web-Based Applications
  June 6, 2001. Develop offline Web-based applications that can access a local data store using Pocket Server Pages.

Questions and Answers at www.cegadgets.com

• Do you have any tips on getting more out of HTMLView?
  27-Mar-01.

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• Dynamic HTML display from your eVB application using XML/XSL
  16 Nov 2001. In this article Jason Hawgood demonstrates a technique for retrieving Extensible Markup Language (XML) data from a SQL Server over the web, and then applying Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) to the returned data and outputting HTML directly to your eVB application.
• Saddling the HTML View Control Part II / Catch Those Messages
  In the first article 'Saddling HTML Viewer Control' I showed you the way to create the HTML viewer control in eVB using Platform SDK API calls. We managed to show simple html in the control and were able to implement some of the functionality of the HTML Viewer Control such as selecting, copying, text zooming and scrolling. In this article I'll show you that we are able to implement the fully functional HTML viewer control that handles 'links', 'html form' submission, pictures and some more stuff, with the help of the MessageCE control I created.
• Saddling the HTML View Control from eVB.
  To use HTML viewer control you need the eVC++..." - you might have heard. Well this is not "True" (that means it is "False"). All we need to create and use it is just the scant Microsoft Windows Platform SDK documentation that comes with eMbedded Tools and the "\include" directory in "Windows CE Tools" with the asociated header files. For all who are unfamiliar with C, header files are nothing more than functions, constants and structures (UDT's) declarations. I copied all the constant declarations from the htmlview.h file.
• An Open Source HTMLViewer control for eVB
  4 Jan 2002. Tim Wilson discusses his open source HTMLViewer control; "It seems that all too often designing an effective user interface for the Pocket PC turns out to be a daunting task. As a developer, I usually find myself between a rock, aesthetically pleasing the end user, and a hard place, making best use of the limited screen size. Finally, through necessity, a control was born. Dubbed the HTMLViewer, this control is essentially an ActiveX wrapper for basic HTML functionality..."

Libraries

• STHtmlDialog
  C++ library. This libraries wrappes HtmlView control and allows you easily creates HTML based dialog. Just inherit your dialog from CSTHtmlDialog, call SetHtml method and you will have HTML in your program. You could add images and handle links.
• WebBrowserCE
  ActiveX control. The WebBrowserCE is an ActiveX control for use in MS eMbedded Visual Basic to develop web and html aware applications. The control provides an extensive API (Application Programming Interface) for creation a full fledged browser in the eVB applications as well as exposing a HTMLViewer Control for developers. Another way that we might see the WebBrowser control used in the applications is creating something you could think of as "dynamic user interface", that is, user interfaces built entirely in real time.
• handSmart Embrosix Pocket PC Browser ActiveX
  ActiveX control. Embrosix is a hybrid activeX control designed for software developers. The Embrosix activeX control can be used in eVB and eVC environments, offering quick and easy functionality both for new and advanced developers. Embrosix can be used in design time (VB) and offers full access to its properties through the VB properties editor window.
• HTML Pocket PC 2002
  ActiveX control. Download web pages directly to your eVB project.