How to make a web browser!
tutorial by vaded

What you need?
First thing you need is
Visual Basics Express Edition (Download:
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then install it and get ready!

Step One

First thing first is open up a new project by clicking
File / New Project and name it anything but we will name it
Browser1
Make sure it is Windows Forms Application
then click OK.




Step Two

You will get a "form" which you will have to drag to fill in the screen ! thats the main thing we will be using!



Step three

On the side panel "toolbox" click and drag 5 "buttons" into your form as shown below.

Step four
Drag in a "text box" and a "web browser" do not resize them yet though!


Step five

Rename each button by clicking on them one by one and on the right side in property editing the text where it says "button 1" etc.. edit each one one by one to "Go" "Forward" "Back" "Stop" "Home"


Step six

Now heres the fun part! add in a Menu Strip in the tool box and put it in the top left corner! then name the first one to "file" and in the drop down put "exit"


Step 7

Re organise everything like shown in the picture! make sure the "webbrowser" tool is put to wholescreen by dragging to the edges!


Step 8
Click on the "webbrowser" tool u resized and in properties on the right enter ur home page in the "url" bar!

Step 9
Double click on the Go button we'll start with that first and enter this
WebBrowser1.Navigate(TextBox1.text)
then click ok.

ENTER WEBBROWSER1 NOT BROWSER1 !

Step 10

double click on home this time and enter this
"WebBrowser1.GoHome()"

Step 11

Well pretty much look at this picture and click on pretty much whats obvious and enter what is entered!


Step 12
remember "File" we made at the begginign well click that and double click exit then enter "End" in the command line,



Step 13

to check for errors check the error list at the bottom, as you can see i have zero!



step 14
Click the green arrow at the top to see if it works



Step 15
as u can see mine did work and im proud of the looks of it ;) ofcourse u can make ti way more detailed!


Step 16
Save the file and go to where u saved it
Click bin then debug and then copy the browser 1 exe file to ur desktop and rename ti and change the icon and voila u have a web browser


-Vaded


thanks