VB.net Web Browser - Adding Bookmarks - vb.net

Question

I have a web browser that I am trying to keep to the minimal to keep it running fast (I have the firefox gecko browser engine even though that doesn't matter for this question I think.) but there is one thing I want to add and that is bookmarks. Right now I have a ton of messy code but I wasn't able to create a new tool strip button for each time I hit the bookmark button. So what I did is I added the appropriate settings and 6 toolstrip buttons. Now this limits me to 6 bookmarks. Which really sucks. My code is here:
Imports System.IO
Public Class tabForm
Dim ico As Image = Nothing
Private Sub goBack_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles goBack.Click
webBrowser.GoBack()
End Sub
Private Sub goForward_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles goForward.Click
webBrowser.GoForward()
End Sub
Private Sub Navigate_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Navigate.Click
If urlBox.Text = "yt" Then
webBrowser.Navigate("http://www.youtube.com")
ElseIf urlBox.Text = "fb" Then
webBrowser.Navigate("http://www.facebook.com")
ElseIf urlBox.Text = "gm" Then
webBrowser.Navigate("http://www.gmail.com")
ElseIf urlBox.Text = "go" Then
webBrowser.Navigate("http://www.google.com")
Else
webBrowser.Navigate(urlBox.Text)
End If
End Sub
Private Sub webBrowser_DocumentCompleted(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles webBrowser.DocumentCompleted
Me.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
geticon()
End Sub
Private Sub webBrowser_Navigated(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As Skybound.Gecko.GeckoNavigatedEventArgs) Handles webBrowser.Navigated
Try
urlBox.Text = webBrowser.Url.ToString
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub urlBox_KeyDown(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs) Handles urlBox.KeyDown
Try
If e.KeyCode = Keys.Enter Then
If urlBox.Text = "yt" Then
webBrowser.Navigate("http://www.youtube.com")
ElseIf urlBox.Text = "fb" Then
webBrowser.Navigate("http://www.facebook.com")
ElseIf urlBox.Text = "gm" Then
webBrowser.Navigate("http://www.gmail.com")
ElseIf urlBox.Text = "go" Then
webBrowser.Navigate("http://www.google.com")
Else
webBrowser.Navigate(urlBox.Text)
End If
e.SuppressKeyPress = True
End If
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub geticon()
Try
Dim url As Uri = New Uri(webBrowser.Url.ToString)
If url.HostNameType = UriHostNameType.Dns Then
' Get the URL of the favicon
' url.Host will return such string as www.google.com
Dim iconURL = "http://" & url.Host & "/favicon.ico"
' Download the favicon
Dim request As System.Net.WebRequest = System.Net.HttpWebRequest.Create(iconURL)
Dim response As System.Net.HttpWebResponse = request.GetResponse()
Dim stream As System.IO.Stream = response.GetResponseStream()
Dim favicon = Image.FromStream(stream)
' Display the favicon on ToolStripLabel1
Me.favicon.Image = favicon
End If
Catch ex As Exception
Me.favicon.Image = Nothing
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub favicon_timer_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles favicon_timer.Tick
Try
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub
Private Sub Reload_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Reload.Click
webBrowser.Reload()
End Sub
Private Sub ToolStripButton1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripButton1.Click
webBrowser.Navigate(My.Settings.mark1)
End Sub
Private Sub ToolStripButton6_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripButton6.Click
webBrowser.Navigate(My.Settings.mark6)
End Sub
Private Sub ToolStripButton5_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripButton5.Click
webBrowser.Navigate(My.Settings.mark5)
End Sub
Private Sub ToolStripButton4_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripButton4.Click
webBrowser.Navigate(My.Settings.mark4)
End Sub
Private Sub ToolStripButton3_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripButton3.Click
webBrowser.Navigate(My.Settings.mark3)
End Sub
Private Sub ToolStripButton2_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripButton2.Click
webBrowser.Navigate(My.Settings.mark2)
End Sub
Private Sub Fav_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
End Sub
Private Sub ToolStripButton7_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripButton7.Click
If ToolStripButton1.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle Then
ToolStripButton1.Text = ""
My.Settings.mark1 = ""
My.Settings.mark11 = ""
ToolStripButton1.Visible = False
End If
If ToolStripButton2.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle Then
ToolStripButton2.Text = ""
My.Settings.mark2 = ""
My.Settings.mark22 = ""
ToolStripButton2.Visible = False
End If
If ToolStripButton3.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle Then
ToolStripButton3.Text = ""
My.Settings.mark3 = ""
My.Settings.mark33 = ""
ToolStripButton3.Visible = False
End If
If ToolStripButton4.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle Then
ToolStripButton4.Text = ""
My.Settings.mark4 = ""
My.Settings.mark44 = ""
ToolStripButton4.Visible = False
End If
If ToolStripButton5.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle Then
ToolStripButton5.Text = ""
My.Settings.mark5 = ""
My.Settings.mark55 = ""
ToolStripButton5.Visible = False
End If
If ToolStripButton6.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle Then
ToolStripButton6.Text = ""
My.Settings.mark6 = ""
My.Settings.mark66 = ""
ToolStripButton6.Visible = False
End If
End Sub
Private Sub ToolStripButton8_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripButton8.Click
If ToolStripButton1.Text = "" Then
ToolStripButton1.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
My.Settings.mark1 = webBrowser.Url.ToString
My.Settings.mark11 = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
ToolStripButton1.Visible = True
ElseIf ToolStripButton2.Text = "" Then
ToolStripButton2.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
My.Settings.mark2 = webBrowser.Url.ToString
My.Settings.mark22 = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
ToolStripButton2.Visible = True
ElseIf ToolStripButton3.Text = "" Then
ToolStripButton3.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
My.Settings.mark3 = webBrowser.Url.ToString
My.Settings.mark33 = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
ToolStripButton3.Visible = True
ElseIf ToolStripButton4.Text = "" Then
ToolStripButton4.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
My.Settings.mark4 = webBrowser.Url.ToString
My.Settings.mark44 = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
ToolStripButton4.Visible = True
ElseIf ToolStripButton5.Text = "" Then
ToolStripButton5.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
My.Settings.mark5 = webBrowser.Url.ToString
My.Settings.mark55 = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
ToolStripButton5.Visible = True
ElseIf ToolStripButton6.Text = "" Then
ToolStripButton6.Text = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
My.Settings.mark6 = webBrowser.Url.ToString
My.Settings.mark66 = webBrowser.DocumentTitle
ToolStripButton6.Visible = True
Else
End If
End Sub
Private Sub ToolStripButton9_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles ToolStripButton9.Click
Dim newFav As New ToolStripButton
newFav.Text = webBrowser.Url.ToString
newFav.PerformClick()
End Sub
Private Sub favClick()
End Sub
Private Sub tabForm_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
If My.Settings.mark1 <> "" And My.Settings.mark11 <> "" Then
ToolStripButton1.Text = My.Settings.mark11
ToolStripButton1.Visible = True
End If
If My.Settings.mark2 <> "" And My.Settings.mark22 <> "" Then
ToolStripButton2.Text = My.Settings.mark22
ToolStripButton2.Visible = True
End If
If My.Settings.mark3 <> "" And My.Settings.mark33 <> "" Then
ToolStripButton3.Text = My.Settings.mark33
ToolStripButton3.Visible = True
End If
If My.Settings.mark4 <> "" And My.Settings.mark44 <> "" Then
ToolStripButton4.Text = My.Settings.mark44
ToolStripButton4.Visible = True
End If
If My.Settings.mark5 <> "" And My.Settings.mark55 <> "" Then
ToolStripButton5.Text = My.Settings.mark55
ToolStripButton5.Visible = True
End If
If My.Settings.mark6 <> "" And My.Settings.mark66 <> "" Then
ToolStripButton6.Text = My.Settings.mark66
ToolStripButton6.Visible = True
End If
End Sub
End Class
That's all of it. But as I said earlier I could only add 6 bookmarks. Is there any way I can add an unlimited number of bookmarks. I tried something like this:
Private Sub Bookmark()
Dim mark As New ToolStripButton
mark.DisplayStyle = Text
mark.Parent = ToolStrip1 'This didn't work
End Sub
But if I did get that to work what would I put to make it navigate to that page? Please help.
I finally found the answer to this. If anybody wondering where here is the link:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/eebcf40a-dec9-41ae-8e8b-3d446cf93322/web-browser-bookmarks-bar
Have a nice day.

Answer 1

create a class called favorite and a setting called favorites of type system.collections.specialized.stringcollection
public class favorite
inherits toolstripsplitbutton
public mytitle as string
public myurl as string
public myimg as image
public mybrowser as webbrowser
public sub new(title as string, url as string, browser as webbrowser)
mybase.new()
mytitle = title
myurl = url
'create a getfavicon function - Google :)
myimg = GetFavicon(myurl)
mybrowser = browser
me.text = mytitle
me.tooltiptext = mytitle + " : " + myurl
me.image = myimg
end sub
private sub Favorite_Click(sender as object, e as eventargs) handles me.click
browser.navigate(myurl)
end sub
then in your form code add a sub
public sub AddFav() handles '>>the add favorite button<<.click
my.settings.favorites.add(webbrowser.documenttitle + "|" + webbrowser.url.tostring)
my.settings.save()
end sub
public sub RefreshFavs()
for each fav as string in my.settings.favorites
dim favarray as array = fav.split(new char() {"|"c})
dim x as new favorite(favarray(0), favarray(favarray.count - 1, webbrowser)
mytoolstrip.items.add(x)
next
end sub
simple explanation:
AddFav() - save favorites with page title and url
RefreshFavs() - splits each setting by the "|" which the title and url are seperated
Class Favorite() - allows you to add a splitbutton that navigates the linked browser to it's myurl variable.
hope this helps. sorry if its a little crude, I had to recall it from my memory.