In .Net Framework 2.0 the WebBrowser Class is located in the System.Windows.Forms namespace.
The WebBrowser control is resident in the Windows controls Toolbar panel in the VS 2005 IDE. It is no longer necessary to reference the unmanaged Microsoft Web Control as was the case in VS 2002/2003.
This new managed class provides new and improved properties, methods, and events for hosting web pages and other browser-enabled documents. Here are some of the services the new WebBrowser members support:
- Drag And Drop
- Navigation
- Streams
- Printing
- Shortcut Menu
- Scripting
- Graphics
- Search
Of special interest to is the ability to enable communication between a web page hosted by the WebBrowser control and the application hosting the WebBrowser control. This allows an application object, external to the web page, to invoke a script in the web page.