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This fragment instanciates a nsWebBrowser component and sets your window as the container for this nsWebBrowser. 
  // include core Mozilla system headers
  #include "nsComponentManager.h"

  // include pertinent embedding interfaces
  #include "nsIBaseWindow.h"
  #include "nsIWebBrowser.h"
  ...
  nsCOMPtr<nsIBaseWindow> baseWindow;
  nsCOMPtr<nsIWebBrowser> webBrowser;

  // Create a nsWebBrowser instance
  webBrowser = do_CreateInstance(NS_WEBBROWSER_CONTRACTID, &rv);
  if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;

  // Register embedding component which implements the 
  // window level callback interface.
  rv = webBrowser->SetContainerWindow(
      NS_STATIC_CAST(nsIWebBrowserChrome*, this));
  if (NS_FAILED(rv)) return rv;