1. A method for generating a web control in a Windows development environment comprises: initializing a design engine for Windows-based graphical user interface (GUI) forms, the design engine operable to present a plurality of Windows controls to a user and one of the plurality of Windows controls comprising a web control host; instantiating a web control host object based on the web control host at least partially in response to a request by the user, the web control host object operable to present a plurality of web controls through the design engine; creating a web control object via the web control host object at least partially in response to a selection by the user of one of the web controls; and generating a Windows-based GUI form using the design engine, the GUI form comprising at least the web control object.