Often Visual Basic programmers need the users of their applications to be able to access the Internet. For example, the programmer may want their users to access: on-line documentation; important financial information (such as Google Finance); information for particular projects (such as the Environmental Archaeology Consultancy). In such such cases the developer may tell their users to copy and paste URLs into their web browsers. However, a more effective method may to be to build the web browser into one of the forms in their Visual Basic application.
Creating a Simple Visual Basic Form
The article Creating Visual Basic Applications from the Command Line discusses the creation of a simple Visual Basic form using just the Notepad text editor and the Microsoft .NET framework Visual Basic compiler. It also shows how easy it is to add components (such as buttons and text boxes) to the VB form. Fortunately it is just as easy to a add a web browser to a form.