>>>>>Is there any HTML viewer left for VFP to use now that IE is dead and gone?
>>>>Check Antview ( MS Edge WebView2 ActiveX control)
>>>>https://antview.dev/
>>>>The download comes with a vfp sample form.
>>>
>>>Hi Marco,
>>>
>>>Interesting... Seems they created a wrapper around MS CEF/Webview2 link.
>>>They mention it works ONLY asynch - must read the pieces on West-Wind again.
>>>AFAIR switched Rick over from synch to asynch but had intermittend problems,
>>>which had NOT surfaced in synch mode, but synch created too many wait states.
>>>
>>>Have you checked it out ? If so, please share a bit...
>>>Same goes for everybody else playing with that -
>>>although I wonder if they had tougher use cases than Rich with his
>>>Markdown Monster and Websurge.
>>>
>>>If somebody needs some web/JS automation done with that,
>>>and is not under pressure of delivery ASAP:
>>>I am tempted to test capabilities and danger areas there,
>>>as I had a ball automating old Trident for more than a dozen years
>>>around W2K but then spent a few years coding in insurance and banking.
>>>
>>>And current stuff is drab enough to thirst for some other areas
>>>just to keep coding and researching muscles tuned.
>>>
>>>thx for the tip - now 3 possible ways to skin such cats.
>>>thomas
>>
>>Hello Thomas, I have not really "evaluated it" ( just did the basic test and saw it works as modern compatible viewer you can embed in vfp ) - it was mentioned on foxite last week or so .. maybe you can ask Kennet and Bernard on this thread ( https://www.foxite.com/archives/0000499132.htm ).
>>
>>You can also check "Webkit Activex" at https://www.webkitx.com/doc/light/About.html
>>they have many step by step guides, including one for vfp9: https://www.webkitx.com/doc/light/Getting%20Started%20with%20FoxPro%209.html
>>
>> not certainly free, but the fact it ( says ) it can ( among many many other features ) do:
>>
>>PDF Viewer - can view PDF files
>>Save HTML as PDF and Printing HTML & Markup features
>>CallByName JavaScript functions from executable
>>JavaScript Callbacks, calling JavaScript functions on a specific V8 Context, from Native code
>>
>>makes it a very attractive tool for the price.
>
>If it is solid, it is cheap - I spent weeks with IE3, Ken's somewhat sloppy code
>and the minimal COM interfaces back then. IE4 was workable and lead
>to the only book deal I was ever offered. IE5 gave solid returns,
>with IE6 the problem of runaway memory, synching MT scraping either on Threads
>or Processes became a thing...
>
>I will read Ricks stuff again and then follow the Threads and leads you offered -
>Sunday procrastinating is guaranteed!
>
>If you have followed Rick wrestling with WebView2 and MM
>you will understand my scepticism that those controls will not barf
>when 2 different runtimes each with garbage control need to flag
>returns from asynch (without semaphores to make it secure bur sloooow)
>
>thx & best regards
>thomas

Indeed.. the automation started to get problematic with ie8 and secure sites.
- Webkit seems the better option here..- share your findings..!