How to run web application in a custom made browser?

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I have created .dll file of my web application. Now i want to use it in my windows form application. Can i do that? If so, how?. I have created both projects in visual studio 2010.

I want my web application to run in my custom made browser/win form application instead of publishing it on internet.

What I have tried:

I tried adding a reference to webapplication1.dll file, but i get a error "Refrence required to 'System.Web, version=4.0.0.0, Culture=Neutral, etc'
I used- "Imports WebApplication1._default"
Later i tried to add refrence to System.Web from "c:/program files/refrence assemblies/Microsoft/framework/
.NETFramework/v4.0/System.Web.dll"
But it gives the error - <system cannot find the refrence specified>

Posted 2-Jan-19 21:03pm

Member 10367796

Updated 2-Jan-19 22:27pm

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F-ES Sitecore 3-Jan-19 5:59am

Websites need to be hosted in a web server. If you want to run your site in a windows app then the app itself will also need to act like a web server. The other option is to still host the site somewhere and embed a browser in your app.

Member 10367796 3-Jan-19 12:54pm

So like host the web app on IIS (or something similar), and run the local address in windows app. Right?

F-ES Sitecore 3-Jan-19 13:03pm

You could do that, yes, but you'd need some way of getting the site created and deployed on the local machine. Given IIS isn't installed on Windows by default that will be some challenge.

Member 10367796 3-Jan-19 13:11pm

i am creating both the apps in visual studio 2010 on the same machine.
and for IIS i could install it and publish the web app to it, using the publish wizard. do you have anything else in mind?

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2019-01-02T22:28:00

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The web application must run on a web server. You can use IIS on your local system to host it.

Posted 2-Jan-19 22:28pm

Richard MacCutchan

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Member 10367796 3-Jan-19 12:56pm

Thanks.:) I thought there might be some way so that i wont need to host the app.