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 |

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.
