You can either add a WebBrowser control to your Windows Form and load the page there or else start the users own web browser application using Process.Start.
thanks for the suggestion.
for several years, my program used the vb.net WebBrowser control to correctly display the entered location on a google map.
Dim Location as String = "123 Elm,+Boston,+MA"
Dim GoogleMapString as String
GoogleMapString = "
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=" & Location & "&hl=en&t=m&z=11"
WebBrowser1.Navigate(GoogleMapString)
a few month ago google changed things .. if you use the old method, you get a scripting error message .. a search on the internet revealed many developers are getting the scripting error.
google's new method requires you to use their (api) .. using google's websites, i found references to web-pages that work.
here is an (html/javascript) web-page that uses google (api) to display a google map .. on the web-page, you enter an address and then click the (Display Map) button.
non-pertinent lines have been removed or altered.
Dim HtmlForMap as String
HtmlForMap =
<!DOCTYPE html>
<head>
<!-- ---------------------------------------------->
<!-- javascript to access the google website -->
<!-- ---------------------------------------------->
<script type='text/javascript' src=
'https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/js?
key=MyOwnGoogleKey&sensor=false'>
</script>
<!-- --------------------------------------------->
<!-- javascript function that is called when -->
<!-- you enter a location in the web-page -->
<!-- (txtAddress) field and click the -->
<!-- web-page (Display Map) button. -->
<!-- --------------------------------------------->
<script type='text/javascript'>
function getLatLng ( ) { *** this is the entry point to the webpage ***
var MapLoc = document.getElementById ('txtAddress').value; } *** this is where the address goes ***
</script>
</head>
<!-- ------------------------------------------>
<!-- define the web-page, it contains: -->
<!-- (txtAddress) to enter a location. -->
<!-- (btnShowMap) to display the map. -->
<!-- ------------------------------------------>
<body>
<input id="txtAddress" type="text" />
<input id="btnDisplayMap" value="Display Map" onclick="getLatLng( ); />
</body>
</html>
'-- Vb.net code to display the web-page --
RichTextBox1.Text = HtmlForMap
WebBrowser1.DocumentText = RichTextBox1.Text
this routine does not work because i don't know how to pass an address to the (html/javascript) code .. and how to start the (html/javascript) code at the function getLatLng ( ).
google's developer webpage says to address programming questions to forums.
thanks .. wa0h
