Microsoft supports the WebView2 SDK for Win32 C/C++, .NET and WinUI; it doesn't list VBA, VB6 or Office as hosts and doesn't ship an ActiveX control. LiteView2 wraps WebView2 with hundreds of documented VBA methods, direct DOM access, a JSON engine, and a bidirectional JavaScript bridge — everything you need to embed and control a web component from VBA.
Works in VBA (Excel, Access, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, Project), VB6, VB.NET, C#, C++, Delphi, Python, PowerShell, AutoIt — and any COM host.
LiteView2 is a commercial WebView2 ActiveX/COM control. It exposes hundreds of documented methods, dozens of documented events, and a JSON engine to any host that consumes COM — VBA (Excel, Access, Word, Outlook), VB6, VB.NET, C#, C++, Delphi, Python (via pywin32), and PowerShell. It supports both registered and registration-free deployment. Microsoft doesn't ship an ActiveX control for WebView2, and the WebView2 team has said it has no plans to.
30-day commercial trial · No telemetry · 32-bit and 64-bit · No admin required (reg-free mode)
"I wish if webview2 will work as com component so vfp/vb developers can use the power of real html5 in their applications" — WebView2Feedback GitHub issue #321 (closed)
"Need webview2.ocx for vb6,vc++6,delphi,vba(excel,access),foxpro" — title of WebView2Feedback GitHub issue #1392, closed as "not planned" by Microsoft: "We don't have current plans in this area."
"There's no official support of VB6 for WebView2." — Answer on Microsoft Q&A, question 727127 (February 2022)
Hundreds of documented methods across several interfaces, dozens of documented events, and a standalone JSON engine. All via standard COM dispatch — no special SDK, no type library required to get started.
Any host that consumes COM/ActiveX can use LiteView2 — both the registered OCX (design-time) and the registration-free pool (runtime code).
| Host | Registered Mode | Reg-Free Mode | 32-bit | 64-bit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excel VBA | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Access VBA | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Word VBA | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Outlook / PowerPoint / Visio / Project VBA | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Visual Basic 6 (VB6) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | N/A (VB6 is 32-bit only) |
| VB.NET / C# (via COM Interop) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| C++ (ATL/MFC) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Delphi | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Python (pywin32 / win32com) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| PowerShell | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| AutoIt / JScript / HTA / WSH | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
VBA (Access/Excel) — Registered Mode:
Private WithEvents m_lv As LiteView2Lib.LiteView2Ctrl
Private Sub Form_Load()
Set m_lv = Me.LiteView2Ctrl1.Object
End Sub
Private Sub m_lv_WebViewReady()
m_lv.SetLocalContentRoot CurrentProject.Path & "\html"
m_lv.Navigate "https://lv2.example/dashboard.html"
End Sub
Private Sub m_lv_NavigationCompleted(ByVal url As String, ByVal success As Boolean)
m_lv.ExecuteScript "loadData(" & BuildJson() & ")"
End SubVBA — Reg-Free Mode (IBrowserPool):
Private pool As Object
Private idx As Long
Private Sub Form_Load()
Set pool = GetPool() ' from modLV2Pool — paste once per project
idx = pool.CreateInControl("about:blank", Me.Frame1)
pool.SetReadyCallback idx, Me, "OnBrowserReady"
End Sub
Public Sub OnBrowserReady()
pool.SetLocalContentRoot idx, CurrentProject.Path & "\html"
pool.Navigate idx, "https://lv2.example/dashboard.html"
End SubMicrosoft's Edge Browser Control is an Access control: Microsoft's article applies to Access for Microsoft 365 and Access 2024. It is not available in Excel, Word, VB6 or other hosts. LiteView2 works across all COM hosts. See the full comparison.
.NET-native and Delphi-native Chromium bindings are excellent inside their own language ecosystems. Neither category targets COM/ActiveX hosting and neither has a story for VBA in Excel, Access, or Word. LiteView2 is a commercial ActiveX/COM control built specifically to drop into any host that consumes COM.
Community projects are valuable open-source efforts, often labeled beta by their own authors. LiteView2 is commercially supported software: bug reports get triaged, and licensing is clear for enterprise deployment.
No. Microsoft doesn't ship one, and the WebView2 team has said it has no plans to. LiteView2 is a commercial ActiveX/COM control built on WebView2.
Not with Microsoft's WebView2 SDK directly — Microsoft doesn't list VBA as a host and ships no ActiveX control. LiteView2 gives you a COM/ActiveX control you drop on an Excel UserForm or embed at runtime via IBrowserPool. Same Chromium engine, VBA-native API.
An answer on Microsoft Q&A (question 727127, February 2022) says: "There's no official support of VB6 for WebView2." LiteView2 ships a 32-bit x86 OCX that installs and runs in VB6 projects — registered or registration-free.
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Hundreds of documented methods. Dozens of documented events. Every COM host. Registered or reg-free. Free 30-day trial.
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