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I am currently working on a vb.net application (winforms) and my task is to somehow import collada files(.dae) files and make them viewable from inside the application.

What worked for me is this: In a simple html5 webpage, I used three.js, colladaloader.js and I was able to view the animation in my web browser.

So I thought I can just import this into the vb.net application using the webrowser/webkotbrowser toolbox component. But alas, what worked in a normal html browser did not inside the application.

The browser that we import in the application doesn't support webgl (even the webkit version doesn't support it).

This is what I get instead of the animation

WebGL error message

Again, it works fine inside a web browser like Chrome or Safari, but not IE.

Any help to make this possible in vb.net is highly appreciated.

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  • Well, everything is in the error message... – Laurent S. May 14 '13 at 13:06
  • I understand the error Bart, I want a solution. I tried something and it didnt work. Can you help me with some direction. If you can find a component that I can embed in the application that will be great. I am ready to forego the idea of webkit inside the application. – Prabhakar Shanmugam May 14 '13 at 16:41
  • Sorry I can't be of any more help on this. I'm not even sure it is a correct question for SO.... I would doubt there is a viable solution already in place when even IE10 doesn't support WebGL... – Laurent S. May 14 '13 at 16:44

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You will probably have to use a NON-IE based web browser control, see this post:

What is the best web browser control to use on Windows Form Application?

his geckoFX link is outdated I think...

http://webkitdotnet.sourceforge.net/

https://bitbucket.org/geckofx/

This one costs money:

http://awesomium.com/

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  • Mr Jason Bayldon. :) your idea worked. I tried everything from chromium embedded framework to webkitdotnet. Nothing was easily working. Geckofx works beautifully. – Prabhakar Shanmugam May 18 '13 at 05:41