You might want to take a look at CHtmlView, which is the MFC way of doing web displays and has several relatively spiffy features to save you some work.

-fel

To elaborate a little on felisandria''s recommendation of using the CHtmlView Class: First, create a SDI application using the AppWizard. Accept the default settings presented by the AppWizard but choose the Internet Explorer Rebars and specify that the CHtmlView as the base class for your view class. Wow! If you just followed those easy steps, you will find that you have a working web browser once you compile and run your application just by working with the AppWizard.

To add navigation functionality, just add a new member function to the CMainFrame class - return type: void, access: public and name: OnEnterURL. Edit the function:

void CMainFrame::OnEnterURL()
{
CString sURL;
m_wndDlgBar.GetDlgItem(IDC_URL)->GetWindowText(sAddress);
((CWebBrowseView*)GetActiveView())->Navigate(sAddress);
}

Then, using your graphical editor, add a edit box and specify its ID as IDC_URL.

Next, add the message map entry between BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP and END_MESSAGE_MAP. Add this line after }}AFX_MSG_MAP: ON_COMMAND(IDOK, OnEnterURL).

That should be it. When you enter your URL into the edit box, you will be able to navigate to the site of your choice. I may have missed explaining about a few variables there but you get the idea =)

Best regards,
Sherman
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Edited by - sherman on 1/1/00 12:43:31 PM

I am not sure whether I am on the mark but here goes:

1. Add a new member variable to your document class. Specify the variable type as CWinThread* and name it something like m_pMyThreads[5] - assuming you want to create 5 threads.

2. When you want to activate your thread in your code, just type: m_pMyThreads[nCount] = AfxBeginThread(ThreadFunc, (LPVOID)&m_MyParameter);
where nCount is your looping variable (values 0 to 4) and m_MyParameter is the parameter you wish to pass to your Thread function.

3. Finally create your thread function. To do this, add a new member function to your document class. You can declare it something like ThreadFunc(LPVOID pParam) where pParam is the argument of which to receive your m_MyParameter that was mentioned earlier. Important: Check the static check box for the ThreadFunc otherwise the compiler will report an error at the AfxBeginThread().

I know it is really basic but I really hope that helps.

Best regards,
Sherman
hitw@crosswinds.net
http://hitw.spedia.net
(website temporarily down)

Hmmm...funny titles. Should it not be queen for felisandria? Hehehehe =) Happy New Year everybody =)

Best regards,
Sherman