Does the webbrowser require IE installed on client

问题:

I was just wondering whether any version of I.E. must be installed on the client machine when deploying an application that uses the webbrowser control (target .net 2 platform)

Thanks

回答1:

Yes, the webbrower control uses mshtml.dll which is provided by Internet Explorer.

回答2:

When you use the "Add/Remove Windows Components" applet to "remove" Internet Explorer, it removes the iexplore.exe entry point but leaves all of the components of the Web Browser Control installed. Those components are a critical part of windows and cannot be uninstalled.

Having said that, if the user does remove Internet Explorer using this option, there can be problems with Web Browser Controls that try to spawn new windows. Please see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2009/06/19/making-the-web-browser-control-launch-the-default-browser.aspx

回答3:

Yes, it does - but every windows computer has IE preinstalled.

回答4:

The webbrowser control do require IE present on the machine as it requires MSHTML.