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Although I think the best way to use WebView2 in AutoIt would be to complete and use the work started by @LarsJ in this other @mLipok's topic, now it is possible to use WebView2 in AutoIt in a much simpler way. This is possible thanks to this ocx control and thanks to @Danyfirex for his decisive contribution. Now we can easily start embedding one or more WebView2 controls in our GUI in AutoIt. What we need is: the OrdoWebView2.ocx control and the \OrdoRC6 folder. These two are installed together with other programs (in the C:\Program Files (x86)\OrdoWebView2Control folder) by running the OrdoWebView2ActiveXControl.2.0.9.exe program downloadable from this link: https://freeware.ordoconcept.net/OrdoWebview2.php by clicking on "Download OrdoWebView2 SDK" at the bottom of the screen. Or, more simply, you can find them directly attached to this post by @Danyfirex. As explained in this post on VBForums (https://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?899415-OrdoWebview2-ActiveX-WebView2-Browser-Control-(Replacement-of-the-MS-browser-control)&p=5651133&viewfull=1#post5651133): "On the latest versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11, only the following components are needed: OrdoWebView2.ocx OrdoRC6 folder and its contents, in the same directory as OrdoWebView2.ocx Finally, you need to register OrdoWebView2.ocx with regsvr32.exe OrdoWebView2.ocx". Also: Our AutoIt script and the OrdoWebView2.au3 must also be in the same directory along with the above. I have extracted the essential parts needed to create the WebView2 object from the DanyFirex's original example and grouped them into the OrdoWebView2.au3 UDF so that it can be easily included into a program. This is just a quick draft to get you started, but it can definitely be improved. Suggestions are welcome. Here are the basic UDF and a very basic example script: Embed 4 WebView2 controls in an AutoIt GUI More scripts to follow to test the functionality and interaction between OrdoWebView2 and AutoIt. See you later. P.S. Here is a reference link to the OrdoWebView2.ocx help (https://freeware.ordoconcept.net/Help/OrdoWebView2/) OrdoWebView2.au3 ; From the following POST By DanyFirex: ; https://www.autoitscript.com/forum/topic/204362-microsoft-edge-webview2-embed-web-code-in-your-native-application/page/9/#findComment-1542694 ; ... first draft to be continue ... #include <WinAPI.au3> Global Const $gATL = DllOpen("ATL.DLL") Global Const $gOleaut32 = DllOpen("oleaut32.dll") _WinAPI_CoInitialize($COINIT_APARTMENTTHREADED) AtlAxWinInit() Global $pProgID = SysAllocString('OrdoWebView2.OrdoWebView') Func webview2_GUI_Create($w, $h, $x, $y, $hMain, _ $sEventsPrefix = '', _ ; ......................... The prefix of the functions you define to handle receiving events. The prefix is appended by the Objects event name. $sLang = "", _ ; ................................. Language defined by the 2-letter code from ISO 639. If omitted, the chosen language will be that of the user's system. $bIsPrivateNavigation = False, _ ; ............... if TRUE the browser goes into private browsing mode. Default value is False $sBrowserInstallPath = "", _ ; ................... sets the installation directory of the WebView2 fixed version. Only considered if UseEdgeFixedVersion is TRUE. $sUserDataFolder = "", _ ; ....................... defines the user's browsing data directory. If empty, use default user assignment directory. Ignored if IsPrivateNavigation is true $sAdditionalBrowserArguments = "", _ ; ........... Allows passing parameters to the Chromium WebView2 browser through command line switches. You can find a list of Chromium Command Line Switches here $iAllowSingleSignOnUsingOSPrimaryAccount = 0) ; .. Determines whether to enable single sign on with Azure Active Directory Local $hGUI_1 = GUICreate('', $w, $h, $x, $y, $WS_POPUPWINDOW) ; BitOR($WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS, $WS_CLIPCHILDREN)) Local $hResult = AtlAxCreateControl($pProgID, $hGUI_1) ; _SysFreeString($pProgID) Local $pIUnkown = AtlAxGetControl($hGUI_1) ; ConsoleWrite("AtlAxGetControl: " & $pIUnkown & @CRLF) _WinAPI_SetParent($hGUI_1, $hMain) ; trap this child gui within the main gu GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI_1) Local $oOrdoWebView2 = ObjCreateInterface($pIUnkown, "{E54909AA-1705-44A9-8235-B24F74366B3F}") Local $oOrdoWebViewEvents = ObjEvent($oOrdoWebView2, $sEventsPrefix, "__OrdoWebView") ; ConsoleWrite("$oOrdoWebView2: " & IsObj($oOrdoWebView2) & @CRLF) ; ConsoleWrite($oOrdoWebView2.GetWebView2Version() & @CRLF) ; ConsoleWrite($oOrdoWebView2.GetMostRecentInstallPath() & @CRLF) #cs $oOrdoWebView2.Anchor = True $oOrdoWebView2.Search_URL = "https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%1" $oOrdoWebView2.HomeURL = "http://www.google.com" $oOrdoWebView2.SearchEngine = 2 $oOrdoWebView2.SearchAuto = True #ce $oOrdoWebView2.UseEdgeFixedVersion = False $oOrdoWebView2.InitEx($sLang, $bIsPrivateNavigation, $sBrowserInstallPath, $sUserDataFolder, $sAdditionalBrowserArguments, $iAllowSingleSignOnUsingOSPrimaryAccount) While Not $oOrdoWebView2.IsWebViewInit() ;wait initialization otherwise Navigate will fail Sleep(100) WEnd Local $aReturn = [$oOrdoWebView2, $hGUI_1] Return $aReturn ; $oOrdoWebView2 EndFunc ;==>webview2_GUI_Create Func AtlAxCreateControl($pProgID, $HWND) Local $aCall = DllCall($gATL, "long", "AtlAxCreateControl", "ptr", $pProgID, "handle", $HWND, "ptr", 0, "ptr", 0) If @error Then Return SetError(1, 0, -1) Return $aCall[0] EndFunc ;==>AtlAxCreateControl Func AtlAxGetControl($HWND) Local $aCall = DllCall($gATL, "long", "AtlAxGetControl", "handle", $HWND, "ptr*", 0) If @error Then Return SetError(1, 0, -1) Return $aCall[2] EndFunc ;==>AtlAxGetControl Func AtlAxWinInit() Local $aCall = DllCall($gATL, "bool", "AtlAxWinInit") If @error Then Return SetError(1, 0, -1) Return $aCall[0] EndFunc ;==>AtlAxWinInit Func _SysFreeString($pBSTR) ; Author: Prog@ndy If Not $pBSTR Then Return SetError(2, 0, 0) DllCall($gOleaut32, "none", "SysFreeString", "ptr", $pBSTR) If @error Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0) EndFunc ;==>_SysFreeString Func SysAllocString($str) ; Author: monoceres Local $aCall = DllCall($gOleaut32, "ptr", "SysAllocString", "wstr", $str) If @error Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0) Return $aCall[0] EndFunc ;==>SysAllocString OrdoWebView2_Demo.au3 #include <GUIConstantsEx.au3> #include <WindowsConstants.au3> #include "OrdoWebView2.au3" Global $oErrorHandler = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "_ErrFunc") _TestOrdoWebView() Func _TestOrdoWebView() Local $hMain_GUI = GUICreate("Main GUI", 990, 810, -1, -1, BitOR($WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW, $WS_CLIPSIBLINGS, $WS_CLIPCHILDREN)) GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hMain_GUI) Local $hAutoIt_Button_1 = GUICtrlCreateButton("test", 10, 785) ; Create 4 controls Local $aWebView1 = webview2_GUI_Create(480, 380, 10, 10, $hMain_GUI) Local $aWebView2 = webview2_GUI_Create(480, 380, 500, 10, $hMain_GUI) Local $aWebView3 = webview2_GUI_Create(480, 380, 10, 400, $hMain_GUI) Local $aWebView4 = webview2_GUI_Create(480, 380, 500, 400, $hMain_GUI) ; Navigate to web pages $aWebView1[0].Navigate("https://www.kevs3d.co.uk/dev/js1kdragons/") ; "http://www.3quarks.com/en/SegmentDisplay/" $aWebView2[0].Navigate("https://gridstackjs.com/demo/anijs.html") ; "https://retejs.org/") $aWebView3[0].Navigate("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojBYW3ycVTE") $aWebView4[0].Navigate("https://freeware.ordoconcept.net/OrdoWebview2.php") ; "https://freeware.ordoconcept.net/Help/OrdoWebView2/" While 1 Switch GUIGetMsg() Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE ExitLoop Case $hAutoIt_Button_1 MsgBox(0, 'AutoIt', 'Hi') EndSwitch WEnd _SysFreeString($pProgID) GUIDelete($aWebView1[1]) GUIDelete($aWebView2[1]) GUIDelete($aWebView3[1]) GUIDelete($aWebView4[1]) GUIDelete($hMain_GUI) EndFunc ;==>_TestOrdoWebView ; User's COM error function. Will be called if COM error occurs Func _ErrFunc($oError) ; Do anything here. ConsoleWrite(@ScriptName & " (" & $oError.scriptline & ") : ==> COM Error intercepted !" & @CRLF & _ @TAB & "err.number is: " & @TAB & @TAB & "0x" & Hex($oError.number) & @CRLF & _ @TAB & "err.windescription:" & @TAB & $oError.windescription & @CRLF & _ @TAB & "err.description is: " & @TAB & $oError.description & @CRLF & _ @TAB & "err.source is: " & @TAB & @TAB & $oError.source & @CRLF & _ @TAB & "err.helpfile is: " & @TAB & $oError.helpfile & @CRLF & _ @TAB & "err.helpcontext is: " & @TAB & $oError.helpcontext & @CRLF & _ @TAB & "err.lastdllerror is: " & @TAB & $oError.lastdllerror & @CRLF & _ @TAB & "err.scriptline is: " & @TAB & $oError.scriptline & @CRLF & _ @TAB & "err.retcode is: " & @TAB & "0x" & Hex($oError.retcode) & @CRLF & @CRLF) EndFunc ;==>_ErrFunc

Anybody could help with using QueryInterface in AutoIt to embed Microsoft Edge using WebView2 Interface ? Here are links to information/documentation: Image comes from: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/media/webview2/whatwebview.png Introduction to Microsoft Edge WebView2 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/ Understand WebView2 SDK versions https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/versioning Download: https://developer.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-edge/webview2/ https://developer.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-edge/webview2/#download-section https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/distribution API Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/reference/win32/?view=webview2-1.0.622.22 HowTo/Concepts: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/versioning https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/gettingstarted/win32 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/howto/debug?tabs=devtools https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/security https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/concepts/userdatafolder https://mybuild.microsoft.com/sessions/9198aeac-0c8e-4d32-96d1-cbb99a390aa6 Example: https://github.com/MicrosoftEdge/WebView2Samples Related: https://www.essentialobjects.com/Products/WebBrowser/Default.aspx?gclid=CjwKCAiA17P9BRB2EiwAMvwNyMe6UI9VHej-JYDBUoyGDFz40KaaJ_RidY-75Fhr-PHz65sSVC0XlxoC5loQAvD_BwE https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/howto/webdriver btw. I'm not WindowsApi expert (QueryInterface, C++, DllCall). What I trying to say is: It means that I do not done anything in this regards .... as so far. TIMELINE/ChangeLog: 2020-11-12 - Project propsed by @mLipok 2021-02-03 - First version provided by @LarsJ