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NOTE: Martin Guttmann (STARGÅTE) has graciously given permission to add TabBarGadget.pbi to the Chromium WebGadget download.
NOTE: Included script by luis: HTMLEncoder / HTMLDecoder.

The following image shows two Chromium Edge WebGadget's embedded into a PureBasic window.
The top gadget is an interactive marquee animation. The bottom gadget is a display-only ticker animation.
The list on the left shows the captured events.
The PureBasic gadgets on the right communicate with the top gadget.

Updated:
- added 2 examples
- optimized event handling
- some design improvements

Examples (see first post for additional details)
1. CE_WebGadget_1.pb: Interactive, Capture PureBasic and JavaScript Events
2. CE_WebGadget_2.pb: Interactive, Capture JavaScript Events
3. CE_WebGadget_3.pb: Display Only

Each of the examples use an optional *DataSection to display the webpage; the compiled executable requires no dependencies.
The code was written so that the original HTML file can be copied to the sources folder and it will take precedent, allowing for easy edits.
The original HTML files can be found in the sources\html folder.

*DataSection created using Bin2Data ~ts-soft

NOTE:
This was only tested on my personal computer in a static environment.
Numerous settings have been enabled so as not to interfere with regular browsing, but I take no responsibility for any adverse effects.

NB*: As with any of my PureBasic Scripts & Programs, feedback will only help to improve functionality, but I don't expect any.

This would be perfect for a project I have in mind.
Is it currently possible to use assign a proxy and/or change user agent?

I currently work with the great library made by @RSBasic, but this would simplify my work a lot (I think ).

Thanks in advance, @JHPJHP

I will have a look at that JHP! I just finished a flight/weather info window to be used by flight simulators, and it used many calls to the default browser. It would be much nicer to control the size of the window and where it is placed, to view the generated web pages.

You may want to edit the fonts on your posts. With proSilver Dark Edition theme selected, I cannot read your colored fonts at all. Dark on Dark is no-Bueno.

Thanks!

@JHPJHP: Can you post a simple example code so we can see how to program your Edge WebGadget?

Thanks in advance ... Peter

Hi zikitrake,

This is not what you think... it's an "old school" hack to embed third party windows.

But, to answer your question, yes, it's currently possible to assign a proxy and change the user agent.

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Hi HwyStar,

Take a look, post your comments; if anything it will help clarify this projects possibilities and short-falls.
I see what you mean about the fonts; something I might address later, thank you.

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Hi Kiffi,

Sure, I posted a temporary link to each of your private message boxes.
The download includes the basic display-only example; see previous posts for more information.

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NOTE:
This is still very experimental as it was only tested on my personal computer in a static environment.
Numerous settings have been enabled so as not to interfere with regular browsing, but I take no responsibility for any adverse effects.

JHPJHP wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 5:10 pm Hi zikitrake,

This is not what you think... it's an "old school" hack to embed third party windows. It gets even more hacky when adding functionality...

I see. I think It is similar (but crappier) to the procedure I did some time ago to embed chrome (with cromedriver), although it does not work well at the moment.: https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewto ... 70#p528370, Webdriver_Embedded() procedure

Thanks anyway: Donation Done !

@JHPJHP: Donation made. Thank you!

Hi zikitrake,

Thank you for your donation, it was very much appreciated.

I just looked over your code from the link you posted...

I thought the idea to embed a browser into a ContainerGadget was unique (at least within this community), but you definitely used similar techniques years ago; unfortunately I could not get your example to work, it kept crashing.

zikitrake wrote: I think It is similar (but crappier) to the procedure I did some time ago to embed chrome (with cromedriver), although it does not work well at the moment.

I disagree, if anything they're equally crappy but I prefer my version, it works and doesn't require any third-party dependencies.

... one of the issues you might be having with your version is that it's running in the same process as a regular browser session, sharing its database, cache, cookies, etc. This can mostly be avoided by applying the correct switches; see the Procedure Open_CE_WebGadget from any of my three examples. This is just one of the various methods I used to protect the users environment.

In addition, the following link should be of interest: https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-c ... -switches/

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Hi Kiffi,

Thank you for your donation, it was very much appreciated.

Please note, this project is in a very early stage, I have only been working on it for less then a week.
The current three examples are only meant to demonstrate potential (test environment), not to be mistaken for a complete framework.

NB*: There have been some subtle, but important changes to the code; updates will be frequent, but mostly unreported.

JHPJHP wrote: ↑Tue Apr 20, 2021 11:39 pm Hi zikitrake...

Thank you for all this information . I will keep it in my favorites in case I try to reuse this code in the future

Updated:
- added 1 example: CE_WebGadget_4.pb
- improved overall functionality
- removed redundant test code

CE_WebGadget_4.pb
This example demonstrates functionality of an updated WebGadget not available in IE.
It took less then 5 minutes to replicate the following example from W3Schools https://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.as ... yhtml5_sse.

My next steps are to restructure the existing example code, and at some point the event process to JSON.

NOTE: The following two compiler options located in the PB include files are mandatory and need to be set appropriately for new examples.
#PB_Compiler_CEWG_Post
#PB_Compiler_CEWG_Event

Thanks for the updates!

I haven't tried the new version yet, but the previous version didn't work if there was a space in the path of the code.

Greetings ... Peter

Hi Kiffi,

Thank you for the feedback; the problem you reported should now be fixed.
In addition, the code has been optimized with numerous speed and stability improvements.

NB*: Each of the examples are meant to be used as templates, depending on requirements, for your own projects.

Updated:
- restructured code for better usability

The following code example demonstrates how easy it is to create a basic CE_WebGadget.