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Navigate to a URL (for opening a web page) from a WPF application

I am writing a consumer application for TwitPic with OAuth Echo.

I need to navigate the user to a web page when they try to get a pin code from Twitter.

How can I navigate them from a WPF form when the consumer clicks a button?

Solution

  • You could host a WebBrowser control in it's own window and open that window from your button click:

    Window Hosting the BrowserControl:

    <Window x:Class="WpfApplication1.Window1"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    Title="Window1" Height="300" Width="300">
<DockPanel HorizontalAlignment="Stretch" VerticalAlignment="Stretch">
    <WebBrowser x:Name="Browser" ></WebBrowser>
</DockPanel>

    In the click event of your button, use the WebBrowser control's Navigate method:

    Window1 w = new Window1();
        w.Browser.Navigate(new Uri("http://stackoverflow.com"));
        w.Show();