How to open an html file in a windows form from a console application

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 StringBuilder buildHTML = new StringBuilder();
 //Creating HTML File
 buildHTML.Append("<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN\"  \"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd\">" +
                                "<html xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">" +
                               "<head>" +
                               "<center><H2 styele=\"color: #FF5C00;\">- Report</H2></center>" +
                               "<style>" +
                               "body { font-family: \"Calisto MT\", \"Bookman Old Style\", Bookman, \"Goudy Old Style\", Garamond, \"Hoefler Text\", \"Bitstream Charter\", Georgia, serif; }" +
                               "table { border-collapse: collapse;  width: 100%; }" +
                               "th, td { padding: 0.25rem; text-align: left; border: 1px solid #000; }" +
                               "th{ background: #3B98E2; text-align: left; color: #fff; }" +
                               "tbody tr:hover { background: #A9D7FC; }" +
                               "</style>" +
                               "<title> ADAPT Report </title>" +
                               "</head><body> <table>" +
                               "<th>Sl.NO</th><th>Test</th><th>Description</th><th>Change during installation</th><th>Values Changed</th><th>Link</th>");

buildHTML.Append("</body></html>");
                StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(@OutputFolder + "\\" + htmlName + ".html");
                sw.WriteLine(buildHTML);
                sw.Close();
                Console.WriteLine("report created successfully");
                var proc = new Process();
                proc.StartInfo.FileName = @OutputFolder + "\\" + htmlName + ".html";
                proc.Start();
                proc.WaitForExit();
                proc.Close();

I need to open the HTML page in a browser in a windows form from my console application, so if i close the windows application the browser and the windows application close automatically.

Thanks in Advance

Posted 8-Feb-15 22:41pm

Renjith_R

Updated 8-Feb-15 23:18pm

Leo Chapiro

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Richard MacCutchan 9-Feb-15 5:44am

OK, you have told us what you want to do but not what problems you are having.

Renjith_R 9-Feb-15 5:48am

i don't find a method to open the HTML file dynamically in a browser in a windows form within a console application.

Richard MacCutchan 9-Feb-15 5:53am

A Windows form is a totally different program type from a console application. You need to explain better what you are trying to do, and how these two types are supposed to interact.

Renjith_R 9-Feb-15 6:01am

i have a console application which create a report, i need to open this HTML report in a browser. to run this application further i need to close the browser.

var proc = new Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = @OutputFolder + "\\" + htmlName + ".html";
proc.Start();
proc.WaitForExit();
proc.Close();

By using this i can open this in a web browser, but some time its failing when some other url is opened in the browser,at this time i need to kill the process manually , so rather by doing this i need to open this HTML report in a separate browser in a windows form application so if i close the windows form application it close the browser automatically and allow the console application to run further.

Richard MacCutchan 9-Feb-15 6:08am

Why not do all the work in a single Windows Form application? Create the report or HTML, and use a WebBrowser control to display it. No need for a separate console application, or worrying about the browser.

Renjith_R 9-Feb-15 6:21am

The console application is an existing application, so thought of create a windows form to open the browser.

Richard MacCutchan 9-Feb-15 6:45am

Converting a console application to a Windows Form is a fairly easy thing to do.

Renjith_R 9-Feb-15 6:55am

Do i need to rewrite the whole code ?

Richard MacCutchan 9-Feb-15 7:17am

If the above is all that you are doing, then no. You can build your HTML exactly the same way and then pass the filename in to your WebBrowser control. See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.webbrowser%28v=vs.110%29.aspx.

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V. · Answer 1 · 2015-02-08T23:47:00

1) create a new project with winforms
2) add a control to that winforms capable of showing html pages. You need to add some reference, I believe it's called webcontrol or browsercontrol or something. Look here[^]
3) reference your winforms project in the console project and call the winforms dialog.

That way you avoid starting up seperate browser processes etc...

Hope this helps.