Display an external web page
lazarus / 38-Networking and Web Programming

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saboteur · 2012-07-09 12:14

Hi all,

I'm a new user of lazarus and pascal and this is my first post, so be
a little forgiving

I'd like to display a web page ( e.g www.google.com ) in a form - but
what is the simplest way to do this ??

I did a search and came up with a with varous post's, but none seem to
make much sense.

I've also looked at the provided examples but these all deal with
local html pages.

Thanks for any and all help

regards

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Leledumbo · 2012-07-09 12:29

I could give you a code, but it would be useless if you don't
understand since you're new to Pascal. Why don't you try something
simpler first? The easy built-in way requires understanding of OOP in
Pascal (and it's only for retrieving the web page, for displaying
currently you need 3rd party component such as TurboPowerIPro or
THtmlPort).

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saboteur · 2012-07-09 13:05

Thanks for the reply.

I have looked at the IPpro example and can see where it's getting the
'index.html' file, however I don't understand how this can be used to
open an 'external' web page.

Any pointers appreciated.

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Leledumbo · 2012-07-09 13:33

As I told you, it's only for viewing. To get the webpage, you need
another code:
Code: [Select]uses
  fphttpclient;
begin
  with TFPHTTPClient.Create(nil) do
    try
      Get('http://somewhat.somewhere/something','filename to
produce');
    finally
      Free;
    end;
  // display 'filename to produce' here
end;

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avra · 2012-07-10 09:36

Take a look here:
http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,9762.msg51747.html#m
sg51747
http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,14358.msg75982.html#
msg75982

More info on InternetExplorer.Application object:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa752084%28v=vs.85%29.aspx