"Tom" <tomhartlandRE***@ETHISgmail.com> wrote in message
news:44ace81d$0$69360$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> I'm using a WebBrowser control in my .NET application to display Word
> documents, PDF's, etc... which I want to be able to simply Print (on
> request) and Close when finished with (otherwise Word holds control of the
> document, even when the WebBrowser object is closed).
> (I'm developing in VB.NET, although any examples in C# are also very
> welcome.)
>
> I'm having real trouble working out the following things...
> - how to detect what application has been loaded into the WebBrowser.
> - how to call methods on the application once detected.
>
> Although I can access the DOM for Word Documents, any attempt to run a
> method ("Close" in particular) results in a COM exception of
> "(0x800A11FD): This method or property is not available because this
> document is in another application".
>
> I'm starting to pull my hair out... so any help is greatly appreciated,
> Tom  :-)
>