ActiveX Compatibility Meets Modern Web
Upgrade to WebView2 with AntView
Keep your existing applications running with modern web capabilities.
Modern Web Support
AntView is built as an ActiveX wrapper for Microsoft Edge WebView2, which allows legacy applications to access modern web technologies inside their existing framework without requiring a complete rewrite.
Seamless ActiveX Compatibility
AntView is designed as a replacement for the traditional ActiveX WebBrowser control, allowing legacy applications to upgrade from Internet Explorer to Microsoft Edge WebView2.
Easy Integration
AntView makes integration simple, fast, and low-risk, ensuring a smooth transition from outdated ActiveX controls to modern, secure WebView2 technology without major disruptions.
AntView is an ActiveX wrapper for the WebView2 control that is easy to use from any programming language 
PLANS AND PRICING
Per Developer Licensing
- Single developer seat that is valid for AntView version 2.x
- Now for only EUR 349,- (excluding VAT)
- Renewal of the subscription is EUR 149,- The subscription must be renewed within 3 months after the subscription expires. You cannot apply an expired license to a version of AntView that was released after your subscription expired.
The prices above are without VAT or sales tax.
If you have multiple developers working on a product that uses our control, then you need a developer license for each developer working on that product.
You do not need a license for your test server, or for your QA personnel that does no development.
Support is provided to the licensed developer(s), not end users. The subscription covers a license for any new version of AntView which is released during the subscription period.
Site License
A site license comes at EUR 9900,- (excluding VAT) and can be used at a single named location. The site license covers an unlimited number of developers at this location.
For companies with many developers working on a product that utilizes the AntView control, a Site License can be acquired.
Enterprise License
For companies that need enterprise support, such as onboarding or specific contracts that need to be filled out, an enterprise license is available.
An enterprise license costs EUR 39500,- (excluding VAT) and covers all developers of a single organization worldwide.
Embedded License
Hardware devices where AntView is embedded in the hardware product, such as HMI/SCADA and IoT devices need a license for each host.
An embedded license is currently available at a 33% discount for EUR 199,- (excluding VAT) per host.
*All licenses come with a one year update subscription.
The control will continue to work even once the subscription has expired, but you won’t be able to get support for it, run an updated version of the control released after your license expired, or be able to renew for the discount price.
Future-Proof Your Applications – Keep Legacy Software Running with Modern Web Tech
About AntView
For years the ActiveX WebBrowser control, which is based on Internet Explorer (trident), has been used by a lot of applications as an embedded control.
By using Trident as an embedded browser control, it was possible to extend your application functionality with great success. Sadly Microsoft has declared the trident based control as legacy and is no longer continuing development for it.
Another control has come in its place, based on Chromium. It is called WebView2 and shares code with Microsoft Edge.
Microsoft provides bindings for a variety of languages and even added a com interface, but not all programming languages can directly consume that particular interface.
Microsoft declared that interface as being solely for C++ and refers to it as the Win32 interface whereas the other programming languages it is designed for are .net variants.
Why AntView
- Full HTML5, CSS and JavaScript Support
- AntView uses Edge WebView2, meaning it can render web pages using the same Chromium engine as Microsoft Edge.
- Automatic updates – Since it uses Microsoft Edge’s WebView2 runtime, AntView benefits from Chromium’s frequent security and performance updates.
Upgrade Your ActiveX Applications With The Latest MS Edge WebView2
Highlights in AntView 2.0
- Built against the MS WebView2 API from April 2025
- Adds support for Basic Authentication and Profile management.
- Adds support to change HTML on the fly using the document interface via OuterHtml.
- Built-in AntView About page for troubleshooting purposes without having to enable logging.
- Embedded licensing is now available via a single license file.
- Improved and extended examples
AntView gives you an ActiveX interface for the Microsoft WebView2 control
LATEST NEWS
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AntView 2.0 release
April 16, 2025 Release of AntView version 2.0.514 Uses latest API 1.0.3179.45 of WebView2 from April 2025. The RegisterAssistant application now also has command line options, so that you can use it for deployment scripts. New functionality: AntView interface:Properties: AntViewDocument interface:Methods: Events: Introduction of the AntView About Page where you can view details about the…
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Release 1.1.460
September 25, 2024 Bug fix release of AntView version 1.1.460 Brought back the non functional events that had been hidden in 1.1.458.So that’s a return of OnClick, OnDblClick, OnKeyPress, OnMouseEnter and OnMouseLeave. Hiding these events caused an issue in some of the development environments if the events had been referenced in the code.Even while those…