How to create IE browser plug-in using VB?

[Guest]

I have a VB application that I want to turn into an IE
browser plugin. Can anyone tell me how to do that? What
are the general guidelines of creating a plugin for
browsers and other applications?

Thanks.

 

[Rob Parsons]

There are a number of ways you can do this, all of which are quite
complicated.
IE Toolbars are just COM objects that have been implemented in a special
way.
see
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/browser/ext/tutorials/explorer.asp

for guidelines on implementing toolbars and explorer bars.

Perhaps the easiest way is to convert your VB exe to a ActiveX document
project and then to use a HTML wrapper
(referencing you ActiveX Document inside <Object> tags). For examples of
HTML toolbars, download and install the Search Hippo or the Alexa toolbars.
You will need a source editor such as reshacker.exe to view the dll com
objects and their HTML resources.

Here are some further links

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...rm/Shell/programmersguide/shell_adv/bands.asp

http://toolbar.visicommedia.com/en/

http://www.hexatech.com/webtoolbar.htm

Or, another solution is to just create a new button on your IE Toolbar that
launches your VB application and loop through your Browsers collection to
find the handle to the instance of IE where the button was clicked to expose
the current documents properties.