24: Developing a Dedicated-Site Browser in .NET framework

Maker QR Code 2d barcode in .NET framework 24: Developing a Dedicated-Site Browser

12 Click the Current URL command in the toolbox The current URL panel appears in your status bar Figure 24-11 shows the completed status bar

Yep, you ve got to have a browser pane unless you have such a great imagination that you can pretend that you re browsing the Internet! (Last time I tried that, I ended up at a Web site that gave me nightmares for a week) Here s how to add the browser pane to your dedicated-site browser: 1 In the drop-down list below the toolbox, select the Browser command set The Browser commands appear in the toolbox 2 Click the Browser button The browser pane appears in your browser s window (see Figure 24-12) 3 Click the Top command in the toolbox The Browser Top dialog box appears

4 Type 100 into the value text box and click OK The browser pane repositions itself 5 Click the Left command in the toolbox The Browser Left dialog box appears 6 Type 10 into the value text box and click OK The browser pane repositions itself to the left 7 Click the Width command in the toolbox The Browser Width dialog box appears 8 Type 776 into the value text box and click OK The browser pane widens 9 Click the Height command in the toolbox The Browser Height dialog box appears 10 Type 460 into the value text box and click OK The browser pane fills the window, as shown in Figure 24-13 11 Click the Start Site command The Start Site dialog box appears (see Figure 24-14) 12 Enter the URL for the Web site that you want as this browser s home page and click OK The browser pane sets its home page

Time to get that browser up and running I m guessing you ve probably already compiled a browser or two, but in case you haven t or in case your memory is shot here s what to do: 1 Choose File Build Browser The Build Browser dialog box appears (see Figure 24-15) 2 Navigate to where you want to save your browser s finished files and then click Save The Browser Construction Kit builds the final files for your custom browser

To run your finished browser, double-click the Browserexe file, located in the directory to which you built the browser

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Designing the spy browser window Adding the menu bar, toolbar, status bar, and address bar Incorporating spy features Compiling the spy browser

hose kids! They always seem to find so many ways to get into trouble, don t they The last thing you need to worry about is what they re doing on the Internet This is where a spy browser comes in Using the Browser Construction Kit, you can create a browser that not only tracks the sites your kids access, but also takes periodic screen shots Now you can see exactly what the tikes are up to You ll be amazed at how well kids behave when they know that inappropriate behavior will be caught on film In this chapter, you build a browser that helps keep your kids Internet experience on the straight and narrow, while still allowing free access to all that the Internet has to offer You can find the images for this project in the Themes/Spy folder of this book s CD-ROM or in the folder into which you installed the Browser Construction Kit

The spy browser looks pretty normal to the untrained eye Actually, because all the spy functions operate in the background, the spy browser even looks normal to the trained eye The point is that there s nothing special about its window, as you will see as you perform the following tasks: 1 In the drop-down list below the toolbox, select the Window command set The Window commands appear in the toolbox 2 Click the Color button The Color dialog box appears