# Displaying a URL without Web Browser Component

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-a-url-without-web-browser-component/37550>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 10, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-a-url-without-web-browser-component/37550 "2020-08-10T14:30:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-a-url-without-web-browser-component/37550/1 "2020-08-10T14:30:24Z")

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Is there any way to use `system.net.httpGet()` to retrieve html code and display it in Ignition? I would use the web browser component, but it does not support the operating systems I have available for my client. The document viewer is deprecated so I’m not sure another component or method would work.

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-a-url-without-web-browser-component/37550/2 "2020-08-10T14:48:51Z")

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Unfortunately the web browser component is the only supported way to display HTML inside an Ignition client.

You may have to open the URL in an external browser instead.

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**Author:** ![dkhayes117](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/dkhayes117/32/68344_2.png) [@dkhayes117](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/dkhayes117)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/displaying-a-url-without-web-browser-component/37550/3 "2020-08-10T14:51:45Z")

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Thanks for the reply, the external browser does work but is far from seamless for use. I will probably have to reverse engineer the generated html page in Ignition which is what I was trying to avoid. oh well.