Questions tagged [ieaddon]

Internet Explorer add-ons add features to the browser, similar to Chrome extensions and Firefox plug-ins.

Internet Explorer add-ons add features (for example, extra toolbars, animated mouse pointers, stock tickers, and pop-up ad blockers) to the browser. Here is the user FAQ and gallery for such add-ons.

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How to intercept context menu item selection in IE? SPY++ doesn't receive WM_COMMAND on any IE window

Once a user clicks right clicks on some webpage in IE, a context popup menu is shown to user which contains some items like Print, View source and some other custom items. Now i know how to add some entries in this context menu, but my requirement…
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How to add a Firebug Lite extension to Internet Explorer 7/8?

I've been trying to figure out how BrowserStack has added Firebug Lite as an extension to IE 7/8 but cannot seem to find anything that does this. See the image below and note how Firebug icon appears as button in the toolbar. Can anyone tell me how…
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How to show a warning or bar from BHO in Internet Explorer?

I'd like to display a warning on some websites, similar to the warning IE shows when it blocks an ActiveX. Or a bar (not a tool bar) like Google Translate (from the Google Toolbar): I'm trying to do this in C# in a Browser Helper Object. Any code…
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How to make an installer register an IE addon

I have an Internet Explorer addon with an installer project. The project contains an install class that should register the dll, making it available on ie. But no matter what I try, this never works. What does work is if I run a batch file to…
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Getting error candle.exe : error CNDL0103 : The system cannot find the file 'Product.wxs' with type 'Source'

I am using the latest version of wix v3.10.3 and while executing the following command: D:\File_Transfer\11-Nov-16\internetexplorer\2000\INTERNET_EXPLORER_SRC>call "C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.10\bin\candle.exe" -sw1076 -sw1072 -dDebug…
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Converting chrome extension written in php to IE

There is a PHP web-app for which we have developed a chrome extension for easy accessing some of apps functionality without really switching to actual app. Now I want to do the same for IE. The minimum IE version can be 8. I goggled the web for the…
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How to send multiple "POST HttpWebRequest" asynchronously and get response C#

I am developing IE addon and now a problem occurred. I surfed the google alot but no solution i found. The problem is i am sending a post httpwebrequest from my C# addon to another server and getting the response from that server. now i want to send…
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Browser Helper Object setAttribute

Starting with this BHO article in C#. Tried setting the styles but it doesn't set (I don't see any change in the HTML or noticeable changes). Tried in the OnBeforeNavigate and in the OnDocumentComplete. Is there another place I should be making…
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How to know find DocumentComplete and BeforeNavigate2 event for the entire document?

I am learning to write a BHO in c#, and i have written event handlers for DocumentComplete and BeforeNavigate2. During debugging i notice that they are triggered multiple times for certain webpages like yahoo.co.in. I understand that this could be…
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Is there a magnifying ruler to measure pixels?

I have been looking for this for a while: There are a ton of ruler extensions for all the common browsers but I can't find one that has a magnifying glass. Can anyone help me out please? I'm talking about a magnifying glass like the Awesome Color…
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Internet Explorer 7+ Addon to control tabs

Initial note, I am not a c# programmer, but I have developed addon/extensions for chrome and firefox, and I need a third extension for internet explorer for a work-related project. I am trying to access the Internet Explorer instance from a BHO…
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Add button in IE Manage Add-ons dialog box

Is it possible to add custom button in Manage Add-ons dialog box. I want to add it in the BHO description and info field, when my BHO is selected.
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Windows XP: where to write to registry from IE?

I need to read/write some information in the Windows registry from my BHO. On Windows Vista/7, I create a new key under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AppDataLow\Software. This works fine, even in protected mode. However, it does not work on XP. I tried…
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Log4net inside BHO does not work?

I'm trying to use log4net with an external config file, but it does not work: nothing gets logged
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Editing cookie from IE Addon

I am trying to create one addon using C#.net and SpicIE framework. I want to edit a cookie for a particular domain from my addon. I want to read/write values to/from cookie. How can i do it? Please help me if there is any way to edit a cookie for a…
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