Display a long HTML string

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N1c0_ds

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In Gecko, when the user selects an application in the list, a form is shown with all the necessary information about the application (Name, version, last updated, screenshot and finally: the description).

I would like to have the form display an HTML string that is stored in a table cell and displayed with all the basic formatting (bold, italic, color and URLs is all I need), like an advanced textbox, but not editable.

For example:

Hello! <B>This is a test </B> <BLUE>And I don't remember HTML well</BLUE>

would display

Hello! This is a test And I don't remember HTML well


Is this feasible?
 

Cableguy

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Yes it is, using the WebBrowser dll, and setting the DocumentText propertie...
But I think your html syntax may be a bit off, nothing a good "try and error" wouldn't fix...
 
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Mr_Gee

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CableGuy is right
Hello! <B>This is a test </B> <BLUE>And I don't remember HTML well</BLUE>
should be officially
B4X: 
<html>
<head>
<body>
@
Hello! <b>This is a test </b><p style="color:#0000CC">And I don't remember HTML well</p>
@
</body>
</head>
</html>
this will print below each other
if you need it in-line use
B4X: 
Hello! <b>This is a test </b><span  style="color:#0000CC">And I don't remember HTML well
</span>
the stuff between the @ needs to be dynamic (since that can change), the rest can be a hardcoded template
 
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N1c0_ds

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I like it but the scrollbar is way too small for a touch-friendly application. Do you have a better way to do this?

I tried moving the object up an down at the Scrollbar.selectionchanged event but it might bring problems when the user uses another way to scroll. Got an alternative?
 

Cableguy

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Try to use the door dl to hide the scroll bars..
use a larger than the screen heigth webbrowser, and move it up and down upon some control click...
It's the best I can think of at the moment...
 
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N1c0_ds

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What about this library that sends messages to controls? It could tell a message box to scroll the control down and send the scrollbar a new value when the WebBrowser object is scrolled in another way (like TouchFlo or text selection).
 
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N1c0_ds

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Is there a way to stop the contextmenu from showing up? I don't want users to be able to access their favorites and go to other websites from my application.
 
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