HTML Object

 Html Object is a full Browser object in MMB. It uses Microsoft IE control. - example html_browser.mbd
this dependency on IE is a disadvantage, however, the below advantages of using IE core library outweigh this small disadvantage...

• One of the most complete HTML control
• You can print from it
• You can use forms, Java, Java Script, Applets, Frames anything IE can
• You can view files from CD, disk or connect directly to Internet
• You can use FTP
• It works also as ActiveX container enabling you to view Acrobat pdf files, Flash movies and anything to what you have plugin/ActiveX installed
• No need to pay royalties - comes free
• No need to carry additional dll's
• Works with IE 4.x and newer, no need for special version
• Most of the users already have it installed, all users using Win98SE and 2000
• If other authoring tools use it so why not MMB

MMB specific issues:

• You can show or hide Status Bar
• All commands are invoked with Script command, so you can create your own buttons (if you want) or actions for Back, Forward, Stop, Print, Open, Reload.... or you can have no buttons at all
  MMB Html Object can insert ready made buttons for you if you need them and you are in hurry.
  See the Html Object command description.
• Html browser can be hidden by Show, Hide  or moved by Move Command
• You can use Embedded Html files - but remember to embed all other dependent files such images or other pages.
• If user doesn't have IE, then the Object will run whatever default browser user has installed.

Hide Border and Always Hide Vertical Scroll Bar
You can Hide the border of the control and eventually hide the vertical scrollbar. This way you can display HTML file in your MMB project without disturbing  the look of your application.

Tip 1:
You can use a special links in your HTML files to tell MMB player to go to other MMB page or run script
The syntax:

<a href="page:Page 2">Go To Page 2</a>
To move to specific page of MMB project or use next, previous, first or back

<a href="script:Script1"> Run Script1</a>
To run specific project on current page (or oher pages using script:Page 2::Script syntax)

Tip 2
You can use Embedded html files. If you use it don't forget that you have to embed all the images and related pages your html file use or link to. Embedded files can't be in different directories so all html files and images must be in the same directory.

!!! Better solution than just using the pure htm/html files with a separate linked Images seems to be an IE option to save the entire HTML page with all images or flash movies into a single "Web Archive" (mht) file. In IE you can save entire HTML page into a single MHT file via menu File..SaveAs. Then just embed that web archive file into your project or leave it external, if the file is too big for embedding. Then you can load that web archive via HTML properties (in a design time) or via Browser script function.

Note:
Browser Object needs IE 4.x-5.x installed on users machine. If user doesn't have IE, then the object will launch default html viewer.

LIMITATION! The TAB key to jump between the HTML form fields cannot be used in MMB HTML object. It's because HTML object is just a child window of MMB project (parent) window, which grabs all users shortcuts. At the moment, there is not a known solution to this issue.