Here's a very easy to follow tutorial how to implement the Firefox/Gecko plugin within Visual Studio and use it as an IE replacement.It's faster and safer and better then the IE component and no IE or other browser needed on the client-computer to make it work.

These are only the very basics to make it work.

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1) Download and extract: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozi...n-US.win32.zip
Within the extracted folder You find a folder with the name "xulrunner"

2) Drag the whole folder (including sub-folders and files) to your solution explorer;

3) Now, every file! within the xulrunner-folder need to beCopy To Output Dir ->Copy if Newer



4) Download and extract: http://geckofx.googlecode.com/files/...n.v1.9.1.0.zip

5) Cut/copy the file "Skybound.Gecko.dll" from the bin-folder and place it where ever you want. There is no need for the rest so you can throw that away.

6) Now you need to add the "Skybound.Gecko.dll" to your toolbox.
- right-click the "Toolbox" and select "Choose Items...";
- click "browse" in the ".NET Frameworks components" Tab;
- search for the Skybound.Gecko.dll and press OK; (GeckoWebbrowser appears, see image below. I created a new tab for the component. You can do that also.)



Now we can do stuff:

7) Add the component and a button to your Form;

UPDATED 25-03-2011
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8) Open the properties of your application;
9) Click on "View Application Events" in the "Application"-tab;

Copy and past the following:

Code:
Imports Skybound.GeckoImports System.IONamespace My    ' The following events are available for MyApplication:    '     ' Startup: Raised when the application starts, before the startup form is created.    ' Shutdown: Raised after all application forms are closed.  This event is not raised if the application terminates abnormally.    ' UnhandledException: Raised if the application encounters an unhandled exception.    ' StartupNextInstance: Raised when launching a single-instance application and the application is already active.     ' NetworkAvailabilityChanged: Raised when the network connection is connected or disconnected.    Partial Friend Class MyApplication        Protected Overrides Function OnStartup(ByVal eventArgs As Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.StartupEventArgs) As Boolean            Dim ProfileDirectory As String = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData) & "\subfolder\xulrunner\DefaultProfile"            If Not Directory.Exists(ProfileDirectory) Then                Directory.CreateDirectory(ProfileDirectory)            End If            Xpcom.ProfileDirectory = ProfileDirectory            Dim xrPath As String = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly.Location            xrPath = xrPath.Substring(0, xrPath.LastIndexOf("\") + 1) & "\subfolder\xulrunner"            Xpcom.Initialize(xrPath)            Return True        End Function    End ClassEnd Namespace











You can change the name and path of the folder like you want it to be. This means you can also change the name "xulrunner"

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10) Copy and paste the following code into your Form and run:

Code:
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click    GeckoWebBrowser1.Navigate("http://www.radjesh.nl")End Sub
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