IE ActiveX control for internet explorer 6.0 on Windows 7

Question

I have a managed application which has a web browser component. I am trying to write a program which automatically fills some HTML text fields , set some HTML combo boxes, click buttons... I have done these sort of things. The program supposed to upload some excel files to a remote server. The excel files are attached to an HTML form. That is the point I am stacked at.

I know this issue has been talked on SO but I am stucked at the point of setting this famous html element type=file . I dig in the forums and web about this situation. I read that with IE 6.0 ActiveX wrapper , one can manage to set file chooser HTML element by Send.SendKeys() security hole.

My question is:

In my recent code I am using a wrapper class which I found here : http://blogs.artinsoft.net/mrojas/archive/2008/09/18/newwindow2-events-in-the-c-webbrowsercontrol.aspx since IE 8.0 is installed on my win7 I am automatically wrapping IE 8.0. Is it possible to wrap IE 6.0 on .NET 4.0 and on windows 7 and IS IT POSSIBLE TO SOMEHOW VIRTUALIZE YOUR PROGRAM FOR JUST USING IE 6.0 SINCE THE USER OF THE PROGRAMS MAY NOT WANT TO INSTALL IE 6.0. And I did not try this; Is it possible to set the filechooser text field with IE 6.0. And Where can I get IE 6.0 ?

If someone helps , I assure that I pray for him/her to the rest of my entire life. Thanks.

note:any comment if my path is wrong from the beginning , would be very appreciated... thanks again.

Answer 1

当使用Selenium可以达到相同的结果时，为什么还要包装IE 6使其自动化？

Answer 2

A security hole is not a feature, it is a bug. Don't rely on the existance of a bug. I think this hole is fixed in all modern versions of manjor browsers, so if you embed an open source webbrowser into your solution you need to find a very old one (eg FireFox 1.5).