Win Application Read Only WebBrowser Control

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I need a read-only html browser in my developed windows application. I have a field in my database with HTML text format and I only need to show it to clients in my application.

They should only see it and have capability to click on it’s hyperlinks. How can I make .net Web Browser Control read-only? Something like IE and other internet browsers.

Thanks.

Posted 17-Sep-11 3:43am

Christ_88

Updated 20-Sep-11 23:51pm

Slacker007

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Mehdi Gholam 17-Sep-11 10:16am

What do you mean read only?

Christ_88 17-Sep-11 10:19am

i dont want the client change any thing when i show the data to him

Mehdi Gholam 17-Sep-11 11:35am

If your html is static then it doesn't matter. You can strip the html of all scripts as well.

BillWoodruff 17-Sep-11 12:30pm

When the user clicks on a hyper-link in your displayed HTML, what are you going to do then: launch a full browser to display the linked page ? Or, is it the case that all hyper-links displayed will link only to other content in your database ?

Also, is this a case where you are displaying a limited, well-defined, sub-set of HTML ? If so, have you looked at the alternatives for displaying such sub-sets ?

Herman<T>.Instance 18-Sep-11 14:11pm

what have you tried?

Christ_88 18-Sep-11 16:23pm

nothing yet, i think i could not explain my question exactly , i want to show a text to a user which contain html tags like link, bold , italic , and ...
i have tried it by web browser control but it doesnt have readonly property so
the user can make changes in my text , how can i make the web browser control unchangeable ? or maybe you know another control or method which i can use .
tnx for help

Soroush Falahati 20-Sep-11 11:22am

How user can change your page?! If you are showing html to him so he can't change any thing. Except if you designed your HTML somehow to give him this ability.

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#realJSOP · Answer 1 · 2011-09-21T00:09:00

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The way the data is presented to the user is completely up to you. Once you retrieve the data, simply don't give them a form - just display the data.

Posted 21-Sep-11 0:09am

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