Part V: Designing Customized Web Browser Projects in Visual Studio .NET

Creation QR Code JIS X 0510 in Visual Studio .NET Part V: Designing Customized Web Browser Projects

The address bar enables the browser s user to type the URLs of Web sites he wants to visit Without the address bar, the user would be able to visit only Web sites associated with links displayed in the browser pane Perform the following steps to add an address bar to the spy browser: 1 In the drop-down list below the toolbox, select the Address Bar command set The Address Bar commands appear in the toolbox 2 Click the Address Bar button The Address Bar dialog box appears (see Figure 25-18) 3 Select the Address Bar s Top location and then click the Browse button The Load Address Bar Image dialog box appears

4 Locate the AddressBarjpg image on this book s CD-ROM and doubleclick the image s filename The selected filename appears in the Address Bar dialog box s Address Bar Image text box This is the image that the browser will use as the address bar s background 5 Click the dialog box s OK button The address bar appears in your Spy browser window 6 Click the Go Button command The Go button appears in your address bar 7 Click the Favorite 1 command The Favorite Button dialog box appears (see Figure 25-19) 8 Type the URL to one of your favorite Web sites and then click OK The Favorite 1 button appears in the address bar 9 Use the Favorite 2, Favorite 3, and Favorite 4 commands in the toolbox to add the remaining favorites buttons to the address bar, the same way you added the Favorite 1 button in Steps 7 and 8 Your custom browser now has a complete address bar 10 Choose File Save The Browser Construction Kit saves your browser s data

Here s where you add the stuff that makes the spy browser well, a spy browser After you ve added the features in this section, the spy browser keeps a list of all Web sites visited It also takes periodic screen shots so that you can easily see how the browser has been used The following steps add the spy features to the browser: 1 In the drop-down list below the toolbox, select the Functions command set The Functions commands appear in the toolbox 2 Click the Log File button The log file s function s icon appears below the browser s window 3 Click the Spy command in the toolbox The screen spy function s icon appears below the browser s window (Figure 25-20)

Get ready to unleash your spy browser out into the world After completing the following steps, you ll have a working browser whose special features encourage users to use the Internet according to your rules: 1 Choose File Build Browser The Build Browser dialog box appears 2 Use the drop-down list to navigate to where you want to save your browser s finished files, and then click OK 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 in Step 2

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Creating a library browser window Adding a toolbar, status bar, address bar, and menu bar Positioning the browser pane Compiling the library browser

ublic libraries these days typically provide Internet access to their patrons Although free-speech issues generally prevent libraries from filtering Web content, a library has a perfect right to keep a log of Web usage Moreover, nothing says that a library s Web browser can t be designed with graphical elements that fit the browser s purpose, namely books and research In this chapter, you create a library browser that incorporates these ideas