MATLAB: GUI – Web browser integration

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I am trying to build a GUI application where a click of a button should open a web browser (automatically opening a given website, say google.com). I want IE to be opened inside the GUI window and not outside separately. Because I am trying to build everything integrated inside a same tool. A user can take notes on a text box which is beneath the website in the MATLAB GUI.
This may sound a bit weird. But is there any method to do this?
Am new to MATLAB gui and not sure about how to proceed. Thanks!

Best Answer

This works under WinXP:
hExp = actxcontrol('Shell.Explorer.2', ...
  [10, 10, 400, 400], gcf);
Navigate2(hExp, 'http://www.mathworks.com');
I cannot get really happy with this. But it is at least a good point to start.
See also: http://undocumentedmatlab.com/blog/gui-integrated-browser-control/
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