Re: HtmlView vs WebView

[Benoît Minisini <benoit.minisini@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 23/05/2025 à 21:05, Bruce Steers a écrit :
> On Fri, 23 May 2025 at 19:45, Bruce Steers <bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:bsteers4@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>
>     Is HtmlView limited to many things online or is it meant for local
>     files?
>
>     giving a URL like the following page online...
>
>     HtmlView1.Url = "http://138.68.116.47/index.html
>     <http://138.68.116.47/index.html>"
>
>     We only get a blank page.
>
>     but this local version works.
>     HtmlView1.Url = "/var/www/html/index.html"
>     (like .Url would be better named .Path)
>
>     Is it broken or is that expected?
>
>     Many thanks for any info :)
>
>
> I will add any need to know stuff to the HtmlView wiki  (and probably 
> HtmlView.Url page)
> Like if it has zero internet capabilities at all (I assume it does not 
> as gb.net <http://gb.net> does not auto-add itself)
>
> Respects
> BruceS

HtmlView is not a web browser, it's a read-only HTML viewer.

It is based on the litehmtl library, so you have to read its 
documentation to know what the limits are (CSS is only partially supported).

Regards,

--
Benoît Minisini.