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Daniel B.97
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

OAuth2 implicit grant (token flow) does not work in IE/.Net Winform WebBrowser

Currently I'm developing a .Net WinForms desktop app. I initiate a token-based OAuth2 flow with this URL in IE11 (or to be more precise: the WebBrowser control of .Net WinForms): https://www.drop...
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Daniel B.97's avatar
Daniel B.97
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Hi Steve,

I fixed my #2 by myself.

#1 is still open: On Windows 7 using your solution a web browser window is opened in the last authoriziation step (if the app was not authorized before). Your solution works on Windows 10 without glitches, can't try it on Win8/8.1.

Maybe the root cause is the different behavior of the WebBrowser control on Win7 and Win10 (seems to use different IE "compatibility"). I didn't got it fixed by myself without exchanging the WebBrowser control with another browser control (which I don't want).

Regards,

Daniel

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