Using the WebViewCompatible browser control in WPF

The WebViewCompatible browser control in the WCT will render web pages in the legacy Edge browser in Windows 10 and in an Internet Explorer (IE)-compatible browser in earlier versions of Windows. As an example, if you are building a WPF or WinForms application on .NET Framework, you can deploy to Windows 7 with this browser control and continue to render web pages in the browser control. Keep in mind that many modern websites have compatibility issues with IE.

Now, let's add a pop-up browser window to the WPF project. For this, we're going to modify the WpfMaps project and add a Get Great Wall Info button to the button bar at the top of the main window. This will launch another window with a browser that will display the Wikipedia page for the Great Wall of China:

1. Start by adding a fifth button to StackPanel in MainWindow.xaml:

   <Button x:Name="wallInfoButton" Margin="4"
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