I'm not sure how to do this, but i'm making a small shell in C++ in command line, with a few external scripts and executables being called. What I want to do is either make a simple web browser or a way to show web pages in C++, or if anyone can make one, or use a prebuilt small simple one file browser and figure a way to make it open pages. I just don't want to use the users default browser, as well as i want to be able to bundle it with the other files when i want to finish the project... what do you all suggest to go about doing this????
codercpp1 0 Newbie Poster
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Jump to PostIf you are still interested a few things you could do / should do.
get an XML Parser and treat all pages like XML, since HTML follows a strict coding format (or at least properly built pages do) you could easily build a parser using an XML tool.
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Jump to Postit does but im not sure about express (express doesnt do MFC so some of the GUI stuff is iffy)
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Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
codercpp1 0 Newbie Poster
Well... i'm really new to c++ though so i don't quite understand what to do. I've tried to make the code example into a displayhtml.exe , but i don't have that htmlwindow.h that it calls to... and don't know where to get it. uggh. its frusterating. i need more of a simple little walk through just for getting a simple browser running, or something. sorry.
iamthwee
Creating a web browser, especially in c++, is not an exercise newbies should be attempting.
codercpp1 0 Newbie Poster
mmk... i found a stand alone version... small app called K-Meleon that i can call to with an extended attribute for the web page i want. thx anyway.
Killer_Typo 82 Master Poster
If you are still interested a few things you could do / should do.
get an XML Parser and treat all pages like XML, since HTML follows a strict coding format (or at least properly built pages do) you could easily build a parser using an XML tool.
Secondly since it is going to be command line i am assuming no reason for graphics, so again it's just a matter of parsing the text and other style/placements
but then you get into the issue of the Styles.
because the grounds on how each browser displays is so poorly implimented by each side (microsoft,firefox,safari...etc) it would be in your best interest to look up the DOM (document object model) as well as http://www.w3.org/ as they are the people that set forth the guidlines.
suraj_1470 0 Newbie Poster
I want to make a Web browser with c++ within two days. How should i make it
Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70 Team Colleague Featured Poster
I want to make a Web browser with c++ within two days. How should i make it
Two Days :-O :icon_lol:
If you use VC++ 6.0 compiler it has CHTMLView that is a web browser which you can implement in just a few minutes. Not sure if VC++ 2005 has it or not, but I suspect it does.
Otherwise -- read the previous posts to this thead and the links they contain!
iamthwee commented: vc++ 6.0 ? -2
jbennet commented: lots of people use VC6 +22
jbennet 1,618 Most Valuable Poster Team Colleague Featured Poster
it does but im not sure about express (express doesnt do MFC so some of the GUI stuff is iffy)
suedormo 0 Newbie Poster
to create a browser in c++ is not a esay task but what you need is to break the task in small parts.such as make the window,code to read html,and the userinterface. that how i create a simple one.
c++Fun -1 Newbie Poster
I'm using my c++ browser right now!
Lucaci Andrew commented: Good for you, but we're not interested in that, and that is not a valid reason to post in a year old thread. -1
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