After learning about these controls I go to the MSDN site that is supposed
to provide download capability.  The link to download is no longer a link so
they can't be downloaded.  I spend a few hours looking in all of the forums
and find that other people can't find a link either but eventually find
someone advising people to go to some other link where they can be found.

I go to this apparently unofficial site and finally get the .msi file. (I'm
starting to feel dirty)  I install the controls and read the readme.txt.  It
tells me I am supposed to have webctrl_client\1_0\ directories under the
install directory - but no such luck.

So, I'm stuck.  On one machine they won't even drag onto a web page on
another machine they will.

I know that these are "unsupported" but does getting tools have to be a
process worse than buying illegal drugs? (or getting legal drugs if you are
an old person)

I guess the real question is : Where can the real controls be downloaded?

Hi Gary,

Thanks for your message!
From you description, you are finding some webcontrols.
But what are the name of webcontrols that you are looking for?

Do you mean Internet Explorer WebControls ?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/webcontrols/over
view/overview.asp

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

if you go to
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/webcontrols/overview/overview.asp
and follow the download link you get IEWebControls.exe.  When you run it it
creats a c:\Program Files\IE Web Controls directory with a structure of
directories below that.  The Beginning of the Readme.Txt says the
following....
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Internet Explorer Web Controls README
=====================================
Last updated: 1/14/2002

Thank you for downloading the IE Web Controls source code release!  The Src
folder contains the source code for the IE MultiPage, ToolBar, TreeView, and
TabStrip controls, along with related base classes and design-time support.

To build the IE Web Controls:

1.  Make sure you have installed the .NET Framework SDK v1.0 or v1.1
2.  Run Build.bat, which will create a build folder in this directory.
    The build folder contains Microsoft.Web.UI.WebControls.dll and a
    Runtime directory of supporting files.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Well, it does NOT create a Microsoft.web.UI.webcontrols.dll.  So, there we
are.  we are stuck.

I found another I.E. Web Controls download (can't find it now) on MSDN and
it has a newer readme and I have attached that readme to this response.  It
has completely different instructions that don't work either.

It's a mess.  How can we get controls that will install and work?

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Hi Gary,

Thanks for your quickly reply!
Microsoft Internet Explorer WebControls are not currently supported.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/webcontrols/over
view/overview.asp

Also from the download linke in the page above.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/archive/en-us/samples/internet/asp_dot_net_serverc
ontrols/webcontrols/default.asp
Archived content. No warranty is made as to technical accuracy. Content may
contain URLs that were valid when originally published, but now link to
sites or pages that no longer exist.

The controls is obsolete, so the links for that may break.

So far ASP.NET 2.0 introduced many new server side controls, you may have a
try.

Thanks for your understanding!


Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I understand that they are not supported but I have heard that they work
well when used in an I.E. environment which are allright for corporate
environments where control of browers prevails.

Why are they not available for download?  Can I somehow get them via my MSDN
subscription?

Could I arrange a meeting in an alley somewhere in LA where I could get them
if I bring cash in a suitecase? :)
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Hi

Since this is not a support product, we can not guarantee it will be
available all the time.
Also the webcontrols are not for sale, so I think you may try to review the
downloads after you log into the MSDN
subscription. I am not sure it will be available due to this is not
supported so far.

Also you may try to post in the aspnet forum, there are also many asp.net
gurus.
http://forums.asp.net/

Thanks for your understanding!

Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Thanks to the MSDN people and Google, I tracked down the secret instructions
to make these controls work.  Go to
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/030827.htm where it has the secret step to:


Browse to your C:\Program Files\IE Web Controls folder and open the file
"build.bat" in an editor. Modify the line with "csc.exe" in it to include
the full path to your DOT.NET Framework, for example:
"c:\winnt\microsoft.net\framework\v1.1.4322\csc.exe"

then follow the rest of the instructions in the readme.txt  !

I'll post a new thread with the info.
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Hi Gary,

Thanks for your knowledge sharing!
I think that will benefit the community!

Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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