WebBrowser.CreateSink Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows.Forms

Assembly:

System.Windows.Forms.dll

Source:

WebBrowser.cs

Associates the underlying ActiveX control with a client that can handle control events.

C#

protected override void CreateSink();

Examples

The following code example illustrates the use of this method in a class derived from WebBrowser that supplements the normal WebBrowser events with the NavigateError event from the OLE DWebBrowserEvents2 interface.

C#

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Security.Permissions;

namespace WebBrowserExtensibility
{
    public class Form1 : Form
    {
        [STAThread]
        public static void Main()
        {
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

        private WebBrowser2 wb = new WebBrowser2();
        public Form1()
        {
            wb.Dock = DockStyle.Fill;
            wb.NavigateError += new 
                WebBrowserNavigateErrorEventHandler(wb_NavigateError);
            Controls.Add(wb);

            // Attempt to navigate to an invalid address.
            wb.Navigate("www.widgets.microsoft.com");
        }

        private void wb_NavigateError(
            object sender, WebBrowserNavigateErrorEventArgs e)
        {
            // Display an error message to the user.
            MessageBox.Show("Cannot navigate to " + e.Url);
        }
    }

    public class WebBrowser2 : WebBrowser
    {
        AxHost.ConnectionPointCookie cookie;
        WebBrowser2EventHelper helper;

        protected override void CreateSink()
        {
            base.CreateSink();

            // Create an instance of the client that will handle the event
            // and associate it with the underlying ActiveX control.
            helper = new WebBrowser2EventHelper(this);
            cookie = new AxHost.ConnectionPointCookie(
                this.ActiveXInstance, helper, typeof(DWebBrowserEvents2));
        }

        protected override void DetachSink()
        {
            // Disconnect the client that handles the event
            // from the underlying ActiveX control.
            if (cookie != null)
            {
                cookie.Disconnect();
                cookie = null;
            }
            base.DetachSink();
        }

        public event WebBrowserNavigateErrorEventHandler NavigateError;

        // Raises the NavigateError event.
        protected virtual void OnNavigateError(
            WebBrowserNavigateErrorEventArgs e)
        {
            if (this.NavigateError != null)
            {
                this.NavigateError(this, e);
            }
        }

        // Handles the NavigateError event from the underlying ActiveX 
        // control by raising the NavigateError event defined in this class.
        private class WebBrowser2EventHelper : 
            StandardOleMarshalObject, DWebBrowserEvents2
        {
            private WebBrowser2 parent;

            public WebBrowser2EventHelper(WebBrowser2 parent)
            {
                this.parent = parent;
            }

            public void NavigateError(object pDisp, ref object url, 
                ref object frame, ref object statusCode, ref bool cancel)
            {
                // Raise the NavigateError event.
                this.parent.OnNavigateError(
                    new WebBrowserNavigateErrorEventArgs(
                    (String)url, (String)frame, (Int32)statusCode, cancel));
            }
        }
    }

    // Represents the method that will handle the WebBrowser2.NavigateError event.
    public delegate void WebBrowserNavigateErrorEventHandler(object sender, 
        WebBrowserNavigateErrorEventArgs e);

    // Provides data for the WebBrowser2.NavigateError event.
    public class WebBrowserNavigateErrorEventArgs : EventArgs
    {
        private String urlValue;
        private String frameValue;
        private Int32 statusCodeValue;
        private Boolean cancelValue;

        public WebBrowserNavigateErrorEventArgs(
            String url, String frame, Int32 statusCode, Boolean cancel)
        {
            urlValue = url;
            frameValue = frame;
            statusCodeValue = statusCode;
            cancelValue = cancel;
        }

        public String Url
        {
            get { return urlValue; }
            set { urlValue = value; }
        }

        public String Frame
        {
            get { return frameValue; }
            set { frameValue = value; }
        }

        public Int32 StatusCode
        {
            get { return statusCodeValue; }
            set { statusCodeValue = value; }
        }

        public Boolean Cancel
        {
            get { return cancelValue; }
            set { cancelValue = value; }
        }
    }

    // Imports the NavigateError method from the OLE DWebBrowserEvents2 
    // interface. 
    [ComImport, Guid("34A715A0-6587-11D0-924A-0020AFC7AC4D"),
    InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch),
    TypeLibType(TypeLibTypeFlags.FHidden)]
    public interface DWebBrowserEvents2
    {
        [DispId(271)]
        void NavigateError(
            [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.IDispatch)] object pDisp,
            [In] ref object URL, [In] ref object frame, 
            [In] ref object statusCode, [In, Out] ref bool cancel);
    }
}

Remarks

This method is useful if you are familiar with OLE development using the unmanaged WebBrowser ActiveX control and you want to extend the functionality of the Windows Forms WebBrowser control, which is a managed wrapper for the ActiveX control. You can use this extensibility to implement events from the ActiveX control that are not provided by the wrapper control.

Applies to

See also

• DetachSink()
• WebBrowser Control
• DWebBrowserEvents2 Interface