how to hide address bar using VB6 in Internet Explorer 9

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Hi All, InternetExplorer.AddressBar = False was working fine with IE 8. But in IE 9, this does not work. Address Bar is visible. Please help.

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Dim sctest As ScriptControl 
Dim scode As String 
scode = " function OnProgramLoad() { window.open(""" & "http://www.google.co.uk/" & """, """ & "mywindow" & """); } " 
If Len(scode) < 1 Then Exit Sub 
If InStr(1, scode, "OnProgramLoad", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then Exit Sub 
Set sctest = New ScriptControl 
With sctest 
    .Language = "JScript" 
    .AllowUI = True 
    .AddObject "Application", App 
    .AddObject "Clipboard", Clipboard 
    .AddObject "Printer", Printer 
    .AddObject "Screen", Screen 
    .AddCode scode 
    .Run "OnProgramLoad" 'Error is thrown here
End With 
Set sctest = Nothing

[Edit, 2013-MAY-27 Marco Bertschi]
Added source code to OP from comments below my solution.

Posted 23-May-13 20:22pm

Surekha RS

Updated 26-May-13 21:35pm

Marco Bertschi

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-May-13 2:48am

Why?!
—SA

Surekha RS 24-May-13 3:42am

Not sure about the problem. When the application is opened in Windows 7 with IE 9.0, the address bar is visible, although it is set to False.

Prasad Khandekar 24-May-13 3:45am

I think the ability to hide address bar was removed in later versions of Internet Explorer as it can pose a security risk.

Surekha RS 24-May-13 4:44am

Yes. Is there a workaround for it. In our application, we dont have to display the address bar.

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Marco Bertschi · Answer 1 · 2013-05-23T23:03:00

Solution 1

The feature of hiding the adress bar was removed in later versions of IE.
However, there is a workaround:

You need to use JavaScript to hide the adress bar, since it is not possible to hide it with VB 6, ASP.Net etc.:
http://www.javascript-coder.com/window-popup/javascript-window-open.phtml[^]

cheers,
Marco

Posted 23-May-13 23:03pm

Marco Bertschi

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Surekha RS 24-May-13 5:39am

How to use Javascript in VB6 application?

Surekha RS 27-May-13 3:14am

Please help. I am trying to hide address bar using Javascript as below. But it throws Run time error '5009' : window is undefined.

Dim sctest As ScriptControl
Dim scode As String
scode = " function OnProgramLoad() { window.open(""" & "http://www.google.co.uk/" & """, """ & "mywindow" & """); } "
If Len(scode) < 1 Then Exit Sub
If InStr(1, scode, "OnProgramLoad", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then Exit Sub
Set sctest = New ScriptControl
With sctest
.Language = "JScript"
.AllowUI = True
.AddObject "Application", App
.AddObject "Clipboard", Clipboard
.AddObject "Printer", Printer
.AddObject "Screen", Screen
.AddCode scode
.Run "OnProgramLoad" 'Error is thrown here
End With
Set sctest = Nothing

Marco Bertschi 27-May-13 3:36am

You can't use javascript directly on your VB 6 code - JavaScript is a script language for web pages only.

Surekha RS 27-May-13 4:40am

Ok. Thanks for your reply. We are trying to open a browser window without toolbar. What can we do? Do we have any other option?