The% control of WebBrowser
defaults to the 7 version of IE, but this can be countered by changing a value in WinForms
: Internet Feature Controls (B..C)
If in your code you want to always use the latest version available in the OS, you can implement the class below (available in SOen : Use latest version of Internet Explorer in webbrowser control ):
public class WebBrowserHelper
{
public static int GetEmbVersion()
{
int ieVer = GetBrowserVersion();
if (ieVer > 9)
return ieVer * 1000 + 1;
if (ieVer > 7)
return ieVer * 1111;
return 7000;
} // End Function GetEmbVersion
public static void FixBrowserVersion()
{
string appName = System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
FixBrowserVersion(appName);
}
public static void FixBrowserVersion(string appName)
{
FixBrowserVersion(appName, GetEmbVersion());
} // End Sub FixBrowserVersion
// FixBrowserVersion("<YourAppName>", 9000);
public static void FixBrowserVersion(string appName, int ieVer)
{
FixBrowserVersion_Internal("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", appName + ".exe", ieVer);
FixBrowserVersion_Internal("HKEY_CURRENT_USER", appName + ".exe", ieVer);
FixBrowserVersion_Internal("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE", appName + ".vshost.exe", ieVer);
FixBrowserVersion_Internal("HKEY_CURRENT_USER", appName + ".vshost.exe", ieVer);
} // End Sub FixBrowserVersion
private static void FixBrowserVersion_Internal(string root, string appName, int ieVer)
{
try
{
//For 64 bit Machine
if (Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem)
Microsoft.Win32.Registry.SetValue(root + @"\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION", appName, ieVer);
else //For 32 bit Machine
Microsoft.Win32.Registry.SetValue(root + @"\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl\FEATURE_BROWSER_EMULATION", appName, ieVer);
}
catch (Exception)
{
// some config will hit access rights exceptions
// this is why we try with both LOCAL_MACHINE and CURRENT_USER
}
} // End Sub FixBrowserVersion_Internal
public static int GetBrowserVersion()
{
// string strKeyPath = @"HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer";
string strKeyPath = @"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer";
string[] ls = new string[] { "svcVersion", "svcUpdateVersion", "Version", "W2kVersion" };
int maxVer = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < ls.Length; ++i)
{
object objVal = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.GetValue(strKeyPath, ls[i], "0");
string strVal = System.Convert.ToString(objVal);
if (strVal != null)
{
int iPos = strVal.IndexOf('.');
if (iPos > 0)
strVal = strVal.Substring(0, iPos);
int res = 0;
if (int.TryParse(strVal, out res))
maxVer = Math.Max(maxVer, res);
} // End if (strVal != null)
} // Next i
return maxVer;
} // End Function GetBrowserVersion
}
Usage
WebBrowserHelper.FixBrowserVersion();
WebBrowserHelper.FixBrowserVersion("SomeAppName");
WebBrowserHelper.FixBrowserVersion("SomeAppName",intIeVer);