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Future of the Webrowser Control
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23/05/2021 13:54:04
 
 
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23/05/2021 06:45:24
Walter Meester
HoogkarspelNetherlands
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
ActiveX controls in VFP
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01680690
Message ID:
01680698
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>>What will be the future of the Webrowser Control now that Microsoft has announced the demise of IE 11 this coming August?
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>The webbrowser control is so embedded into so many products, that I doubt that they will drop support for it in the near future.
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>From: https://www.theverge.com/2021/5/19/22443997/microsoft-internet-explorer-end-of-support-date
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>"The alternative for most businesses will be Microsoft Edge with IE mode. Microsoft created its IE mode for Edge a couple of years ago, and it has allowed businesses to adopt the new Chromium-based browser for older legacy websites. IE mode supports older ActiveX controls and legacy sites, which are surprisingly still used by many businesses. Microsoft is promising to support this IE mode in Edge until through at least 2029."

Have not checked how far compatibility goes, but IIRC embedded activeX is not supported (was never a smart idea IMO, but BHO are also not compatible, and those I used a few times (looong ago, but at least 1 customer still uses it).

Do you have a compatibility map/list ?
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