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Web browser control for incorporating web browser functionality into application programs

  • US 6,101,510 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1997
  • Issued: 08/08/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for invoking a web browser from within an application program executing on a computer, the method comprising:

  • in response to a request from an application program to create an instance of a web browser control, creating the instance of the web browser control;

    in a server program of the web browser control, processing requests from the application program to invoke member functions on a programming interface of the web browser control for the instance of the web browser control;

    when the application program invokes a navigate member function on the programming interface instructing the instance of the web browser control to navigate to a specified address on a computer network, executing the navigate member function in the server program to retrieve a first document at the address from the computer network, and saving the specified address in a navigation stack of the instance of the web browser control;

    when the application program invokes a member function on the programming interface instructing the instance of the browser control to move to an entry in the navigation stack, executing the member function in the server program to request a second document associated with the entry in the navigation stack.

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