How to migrate from SHDocVw.DLL to WebView2 to read content from application url in edge?

Question

Hi Team,

We have a windows application that uses SHDocVw : InternetExplorer object to read the data from a URL of application on IE browser. Now with End of life of IE is nearing how to migrate the code to use WebView2 to read data from the application open on Edge.

Is there any documentation or steps that clearly states how to migrate between two DLL.

Any help in this regard will be highly appreciated.

Best Regards,
Richa

Answer 1

Hi @Gupta, Richa ,

Is there any documentation or steps that clearly states how to migrate between two DLL.

As far as I know there is no such documentation to migrate between these two DLL you mentioned.

They are actually based on different engines (trident and chromium) so I think this is impossible. You need to use Webview2 to develop new applications, in the meantime you can continue to use Edge IE mode to access this application, or you can determine which browser the user is using and direct the user to the application that uses different controls, but I recommend you focus more on modern browsers.

Regards,
Xudong Peng

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