Internet Explorer Controls

Visual Basic comes with several controls you can add to a project so that it can interact with the Web using Internet Explorer technology. These controls begin with the IE abbreviation in the Components dialog box. This section describes those controls.

Table 19.1 helps you locate the controls described in this section. Often, the control names don't describe their capabilities. Table 19.1 describes the control you select from the Components dialog box to get the functionality you need. (To access the Components dialog box, choose Components from the Project menu.)

Table 19.1. Several components include Internet Explorer-related capabilities as well as other Internet controls.

Component Name Description
IE Animated Button Animated display showing Internet Explorer's connection
IE Popup Menu A menu control that appears on the Web page
IE Preloader Preloads a site before the visible Internet access begins
IE Super Label A Web page label
IE Timer Provides timing operations for Internet services
Microsoft Internet Web browser control
Controls  
Microsoft Internet The Transfer Protocol control
Transfer Control 6.0  
Microsoft Winsock The Windows connection to common
Control 6.0 Internet protocols

note

If you use the Microsoft Network online service, a set of controls comes with Visual Basic 6 that offers Microsoft Network-related services from the applications you write, such as the MSN mail control. These controls begin with the MSN abbreviation in the Components dialog box.

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