Regarding support for IWebBrowser2

Question

Hi there!

I am making use of the IWebBrowser2 interface (from exdisp.h) to implement some WebUI in C++ for online browsing.
Since it appears to primarily use the latest Internet Explorer, I am concerned about what happens once IE loses support in late-2021.

I as a consumer don't see a way to select the browser app from within the code, as say, Edge.

Will this library and interface continue to be supported post IE-decommission?

Answer 1

I think this is the announcement regarding IE 11's retirement in 2021 -
microsoft-365-apps-say-farewell-to-internet-explorer-11.

Note the footnote at the bottom of the announcement which affirms that IE 11 itself is a windows component and is supported based on the lifecycle policy for the Windows version in which it is installed.

Answer 2

@Jacus Joe ,
I search but did not get any official document that mentions that whether IWebBrowser2 will continue to work after the IE browser gets retired.

In case it stops working or you want to upgrade from IWebBrowser2, you can try to check the WebView2.

The Microsoft Edge WebView2 control enables you to embed web technologies (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) in your native applications. The WebView2 control uses Microsoft Edge (Chromium) as the rendering engine to display the web content in native applications. With WebView2, you may embed web code in different parts of your native application, or build the entire native application within a single WebView. For information on how to start building a WebView2 application.

To get more information about WebView2, you can refer to Getting started with WebView2

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