Modern Web Browser Control Dynamic Control Source Not Displaying

Software Bug

In one of my YouTube videos I’ve demonstrated a reliably reproducible bug with the Modern Web Browser Control (MWBC) in which if you try to use a form’s Open event to dynamically set the MWBC’s Control Source, it is completely unreliable and most times it will not render anything.

Typically, the control will render the 1st time it is opened and every subsequent call it will simply give a blank form. The only way to make it work is to perform a C&R, and even that doesn’t always correct the issue.

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Modernizing The Microsoft Access Interface!

Some people have asked me what I’ve been working on and so I thought I’d share a sneak peak.

Basically, I’ve been working on trying to elevate the Access interface a bit and have been working on a few new menus concepts and thus developing content, demos for my blog and YouTube channel.

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Modern Web Browser Control Does Not Properly Support https://msccess/

Software Bug

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times, the Modern Web Browser Control (MWBC) is simply not a finished product, not nearly tested properly.

Here’s yet another issue with it!

I’ve been trying, in vain, to migrate an HTML page that references web based resources (JS, CSS) to instead use local versions. This is super simple to achieve with traditional browsers, however proving to be a nightmare with the MWBC!

Normally, you simply update the HTML page from

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.7.1/jquery.min.js" integrity="sha512-v2CJ7UaYy4JwqLDIrZUI/4hqeoQieOmAZNXBeQyjo21dadnwR+8ZaIJVT8EE2iyI61OV8e6M8PP2/4hpQINQ/g==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script>

to

<script src="../js/jquery.min.js"></script>

Easy, right!

However, things quickly fall apart with the MWBC!!! (AGAIN)

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Modern Web Browser Control Flaw When Handling Missing Local Files

Software Bug

Ever made a mistake?!

It happens.

Say, you input the control source of a Modern Web Browser Control (MWBC) as a local html file, but you make a mistake in the path or file name, so in fact the specified path/filename doesn’t exist.

Ordinarily, in Edge, you get a nice screen that clearly indicates:

File not found
It may have been moved, editied, or deleted.
ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

Furthermore, if you open the inspection tools and switch over to the console you’ll see a clear message:

Not allowed to load resource:
file://YourFileName

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Modern Web Browser Control Click Event Bug

Software Bug

I’ve been ‘lucky‘ enough to encounter, yet another, Modern Web Browser Control (MWBC) bug! 😩🫤

I used the MWBC’s Click event to be able to identify what the user clicked upon in the web page so I can react to the select via VBA.

If I use a MWBC control source linked to a local file:

="https://msaccess/C:\Demos\Interfaces\Menu01.html"

this all works fine.  The Click Event work perfectly.
 
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Deleting Calendar Events With The Microsoft Graph API

While I was exploring the Microsoft Graph REST API and working with Calendar Events:

Use The Microsoft Graph REST API To Create An Event In The User's Calendar
So after my recent YouTube video on sending an e-mail via an Outlook.com account using the Microsoft Graph REST API: I thought I’d provide a function which can be used to create an event in the user’s calendar. (it is still a work in progress though)
Searching Calendar Events With The Microsoft Graph API
Working off of my existing demo and previous posts:   I wanted to share 2 routines I’ve created for searching/listing events in a calendar.

the next logical step was to delete an event and nothing could be easier!

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