Web Browser In Form - "your Browser Is Not Supported!", using Access 2010

[alsoto]

Hello,

I'm trying to view a website in the web browser control in my form. The website displays the following message:

"Your Browser Is Not Supported!

Please upgrade to Chrome, Opera, Safari or Internet Explorer 10 or higher. Thank You! Close Warning"

When I close the warning, the browser control just displays a "loading" message that doesn't stop.



My PC has Internet Explorer 11 installed (although I'm not sure if Access is using my IE install or it's own internal browser).

Is there any way around this so I can view the site in my form.

Thanks,
Al Soto

[ItsMe]

I am using Access 2013 and do not have an issue with the Web Browser control and IE 11. Maybe you can run Microsoft Updates on your machine to see if that helps.

I would check the following
Valid Control Source for the Web Browser Control
Try creating a new blank DB and a new form, just to test the Browser Control.

[alsoto]

I think I am going to upgrade to Access 13 to see if that helps. The browser control is working with other urls. I will report back shortly.

Thanks,
Al

[ItsMe]

I think I am going to upgrade to Access 13 to see if that helps...

I do not know if that is the best approach. If some URL's work and other do not, perhaps the issue is the webpage being served and not Access. Perhaps it is a compatibility issue with the webpage. Try loading the page in a normal browser. Use the compatibility tool/thing. Then try the control in Access again. Do not erase your browsing history. That may also delete the URL you added to the compatibility thing.

[alsoto]

Well, upgrading to Access 2013 made no difference.

The site (keepa dot com) works fine in Chrome, Firefox and IE. However, when I added the domain to the Compatibility View in IE as you suggested, I get the same error in IE as I do in Access. When I remove the domain from Compatibility View in IE, the website loads fine again.

Any ideas?

[ItsMe]

I am going to guess that it has to do with the Browser Emulator. If this is the case, you will have to edit the Registry
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6...n-a-winforms-a

I could not find any information suggesting there is an option to adjust compatibility view via the Access control's members. I looked within my reference material. An alternative may be to Automate Internet Explorer using VBA and creating your own instance of Internet Explorer.

[alsoto]

If I do that, can I embed it in the form or will it have to operate "outisde" of Acess in its own Window?

Btw, I really appreciate all your help!

Al

[ItsMe]

...or will it have to operate "outisde" of Acess in its own Window?

The web browser will open in its own window. Just like launching IE from the start menu would if the web page you want to navigate to was your home page.


EDIT: There may be a way using an unbound OLE control. Never tried that though. I am guessing it would be uber tricky. You would have to get the handle of the browser window when the IE instance is created. Even with the handle, not exactly sure how you could shove it into the OLE.

[alsoto]

Editing the registry was the answer. Fixed it right away. Thanks ItsMe.

It's super easy. You just have to add one registry entry. Here are the instructions in case anyone else has the problem:

http://www.devhut.net/2013/10/18/web...ripting-error/

ItsMe, thanks again!

Al Soto

[ItsMe]

Glad things are working for you. This is a new one for me and we all appreciate you posting the solution.