>Yes, nearly identical, as IE is activeX. Did a lot of that last century when IE was dominant, but today more and more devs want to escape IE problems. Also I found newer versions of IE to be less stable as activeX components than in IE4-IE6 times, but that might be a misperception as back then I spent much more time roboting WebBrowser and InternetExplorer.Application.
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>Unless your need is a short time temp solution, implement with different tool set.

If you know of a different browser ActiveX that we can use, please share. That would bring dozen years of torture to an end.