LabVIEW Webbrowser and Windows 10

[georgeblackman37]

Does anyone know how to get Microsoft Edge to appear in the LabVIEW Webbrower ActiveX window, and not in its own window? ...  cheers, George

[saki.BOMB]

Hey George,

Can you tell us what you have tried so far and clarify the behavior that you are seeing? 

I found this example code in the community code exchange:

Simple LabVIEW Web Browser

I hope it helps!

Cheers,

[GerdW]

Hi George,

does MSEdge even support any kind of ActiveX remote control?

You might read posts like this in the Microsoft® forum…

[georgeblackman37]

Thanks ...

The VI I am using worksed fine on Win7  ...  the HTML file would open in teh webbrowser window.  On Win10 it opens Edge as a separte application in it's own winow on the desktop

George

[georgeblackman37]

Thanks GerdW,

Yes it looks like Edge does not support ActiveX

I found that IE11 is installed, but was not activated, it is now. However I cannot remove Edge or make IE11 the default browser.

Can't say I am a big fan of Microsoft

Cheers,

George

[Yamaeda]

It doesn't work with "Default programs" and changing Edge to IE11? Should work.

/Y

[georgeblackman37]

Thanks evryone  ...  IE11 worked  ...  cheers, George

[Sam_Sharp]

Are you trying to display it in a WebBrowser control on the front panel? It is possible to specify (using a registry key) which version of IE is used in the WebBrowser control - it defaults to something stupid like IE7. It's still internet explorer though - Edge doesn't have the same 'embedding' capabilities that IE has.

[georgeblackman37]

Thanks Sam,

Yep I am displaying pdfs in a LabVIEW web browser through activeX.  It worked in Win7 but not in Win10.  I enabled IE11 and made it the default browser,  but I had not installed Adobe  ...  seems obvious but I did not do the original code and was not sure what was going on for some time.  All is now working.

Cheers, George

[Hooovahh]

If you already have Adobe installed, and want to display a PDF, why not use the Adobe ActiveX control to display it?

http://forums.ni.com/t5/Example-Program-Drafts/Display-PDF-in-Dialog-box-in-LabVIEW/ta-p/3506322

Then you don't need to worry about browser versions installed.