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mgpostcard
Copper Contributor
May 20, 2021

Access Forms: Edge Web Browser Control

Hello According to this link, I ought to be able to use an Edge Web Browser Control inside an Access form: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-web-browsing-to-a-form-8ec2fe67-1b19-4f04-9...
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isladogs
MVP
May 20, 2021
You're welcome. Treat the slated dates as 'elastic'
Their current priority is the Dataverse connector and everything else has been pushed back as a result. It may or may not help that the Access Team leader recently left and the replacement hasn't yet been announced
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Lovicevic
Copper Contributor
Feb 14, 2022
Well, hopefully the edge webbrowser control is to be released in autumn this year, it is crucial and not easy to find more and more website blocking the IE-Version
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    Sreeram83
    Copper Contributor
    Mar 28, 2022

    Lovicevic Will the current Webbrowser component work even after internet explorer is retired? Is it safe to continue using WebBrowser component in MS access application?  My org wanted me to research on the danger of continuing with this component. 

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      Lovicevic
      Copper Contributor
      Mar 28, 2022
      It will work as much as IE is supported by a webpage hoster. Youtube just stopped to let you play videos a few weeks ago, and replaced it by a blocker page (it used to run videos ad-free). However, I dont do critical stuff via webbrowser control (e.g. online-banking), just kind of data mining or automated information requests from well-known service providers, so my personal risk is low and I would not provide access-applications with the outdated webbrowser-control to my clients.
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        George_Hepworth
        Silver Contributor
        Mar 29, 2022
        It's hard to predict what is going to happen. As Colin knows, recently the ability to display PowerBI reports in the web browser control was broken. Yes, I've tried all of the suggestions about registry settings, etc. to restore that; all to no avail. It's been reported to MS, but the continual slide in the delivery date for an updated Web browser control is not promising.

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