FIX: WebBrowser Events Not Being Received Inside Java (184600)

SYMPTOMS

Attempting to call the following methods after hosting a WebBrowser control inside a Java application or applet fails:

public void BeforeNavigate2(Object pDisp, Variant URL, Variant Flags,
                            ...);
public void NewWindow2(Object[] ppDisp, boolean[] Cancel);

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
This bug was corrected in the Microsoft virtual machine contained in the SDK for Java 3.0, Microsoft VM build 2829.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Install Internet Explorer 4.0x.
Download SDK for Java version 2.0x from http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/
Load the sample JBrowser from the SDK-Java.20x/Samples directory.

Modify JBrowser.Java to implement the following two methods:

public void BeforeNavigate2(Object pDisp, Variant URL, Variant Flags,
                           Variant TargetFrameName, Variant PostData,
                           Variant Headers, boolean[] Cancel)
{
     System.out.println("BeforeNavigate2");
}

public void NewWindow2(Object[] ppDisp, boolean[] Cancel)
{
   System.out.println("NewWindow2");
}