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Send HTML code to Internet Explorer from basic

by on Jan 6th, 2005
New to me, but MS InternetExplorer does have COM support you can access from basic code. I had to test this out and make it work. We are using BCX basic, one of the successors to Qbasic.
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  1. ' add HTML code to InternetExplorer using COM support
  2. ' (you must have MS InternetExplorer installed on your computer)
  3. ' needs BCX basic ver 5.05.05 or later, download free package from:
  4. ' http://www.rjpcomputing.com/programming/bcx/devsuite.html
  5. ' COM credit goes to: Ljubisa Knezevic
  6.  
  7. BCX_SHOW_COM_ERRORS(TRUE)
  8.  
  9. dim H$ ' string H$ defaults to 2048 bytes
  10.  
  11. dim ie As Object
  12. set ie = createobject("InternetExplorer.Application")
  13.  
  14. ie.navigate "about:blank" ' do this first!
  15. ie.visible = true
  16. ie.height = 300
  17. ie.width = 550
  18. ie.menubar = false
  19. ie.toolbar = false
  20. ie.statusbar = false
  21. ie.resizable = true
  22.  
  23. ' build the HTML code string ...
  24. H$ = "<html><body><center><br><strong><font color=#A52A2A face="
  25. ' enc$() handles doublequotes within a string
  26. H$ = H$ + enc$("comic sans ms") +">"
  27. H$ = H$ + "-------- Church Bulletin Bloopers ---------"
  28. H$ = H$ + "</font></strong></center><br>"
  29. H$ = H$ + "Don't let worry kill you -- let the church help."
  30. H$ = H$ + "<br><br>"
  31. H$ = H$ + "Come hear missionary Bertha Beltsh all the way from Africa."
  32. H$ = H$ + "<br><br>"
  33. H$ = H$ + "For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs."
  34. H$ = H$ + "<br><br>"
  35. H$ = H$ + "This Sunday will be baptism in the South and North ends of the church. Children will be baptized at both ends."
  36. H$ = H$ + "<br><br>"
  37. H$ = H$ + "Miss Judson will sing "
  38. H$ = H$ + enc$("Put me in my little bed")
  39. H$ = H$ + " accompanied by the pastor."
  40. H$ = H$ + "<br><br>"
  41. H$ = H$ + "This Easter Sunday we will ask Mrs. Tugly to come forward and lay an egg on the altar."
  42. H$ = H$ + "<br><br>"
  43. H$ = H$ + "The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind. They can be seen in the church basement Saturday."
  44. H$ = H$ + "<br><br>"
  45. H$ = H$ + "A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall. Music will follow."
  46. H$ = H$ + "<br><br>"
  47. H$ = H$ + "The Rev. Adams spoke briefly, much to the delight of his audience."
  48. H$ = H$ + "<br><br>"
  49. H$ = H$ + "The sermon this morning: Jesus Walks On Water."
  50. H$ = H$ + "<br><br>"
  51. H$ = H$ + "The sermon tonight: Searching For Jesus."
  52. H$ = H$ + "</body></html>"
  53.  
  54. ie.document.body.innerHTML = H$
  55.  
  56. Set ie = Nothing
  57.  
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