Designing Windows Form applications can be tedious work. Today, one reader writes into Thom Robbins asking where they might find the Web Browser control. Robbins has the answer for them complete with pictures and concise instruction.

Question: I am in the middle of writing my first Windows Form application using Visual Studio .NET 2003. So far the application is going well. I am struggling with a few of the design requirements. I have one that I am hoping you can help me with. Part of the application requires the display of HTML data. I can’t seem to find the Web Browser control? I would have thought that it would appear right on the toolbox.

Answer: Actually, this is because the Web Browser is still a COM component. In order to access the “Web Browser” control we need to add a COM callable wrapper. Here are the basic steps for creating the wrapper that is then added to the Visual Studio 2003 toolbox.