A lightweight web browser application built with Visual Basic 6, featuring a clean interface with essential navigation controls.
- Web Browsing - Full web browsing capabilities powered by Internet Explorer's rendering engine
- Navigation Toolbar - Quick access buttons for common browsing actions:
- Back - Navigate to the previous page
- Forward - Navigate to the next page
- Stop - Stop page loading
- Refresh - Reload the current page
- Home - Return to home page
- Address Bar - Combo box for entering URLs and viewing browsing history
- Maximized Window - Launches in fullscreen by default for optimal viewing
- Windows OS (XP or later recommended)
- Visual Basic 6 Runtime Libraries
- Internet Explorer 5.5+ (for the WebBrowser control)
- comctl32.ocx (Common Controls)
- ieframe.dll (Internet Explorer components)
WebBrowser/
├── Form1.frm # Main form with UI controls
├── Form1.frx # Binary form data (icons, resources)
├── Project1.vbp # VB6 project file
├── Project1.vbw # VB6 workspace file
├── MSSCCPRJ.SCC # Source code control metadata
└── README.md # This file
- Open
Project1.vbpin VB6 - Press F5 or click Run → Start to execute
- The application launches as an executable window
- In VB6 IDE: File → Make Project1.exe
- Run the generated
.exefile directly
- Enter a URL - Type a web address in the address bar (e.g.,
https://www.google.com) - Navigate - Use toolbar buttons to go back, forward, stop, refresh, or return home
- View Websites - The embedded WebBrowser control renders web pages
- Language - Visual Basic 6
- Type - Windows Forms Application
- Browser Engine - Internet Explorer (via ActiveX control)
- Version - 1.0.0
- This project uses the legacy WebBrowser control based on Internet Explorer, which is no longer actively maintained
- Modern alternatives include using Chromium-based browsers or .NET-based solutions for new projects
- The application works best with websites compatible with IE11 standards