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How To Write a Plug-In for IE

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The IE Developer Toolbar is a plugin that can dock or separate from the browser. I understand its much more difficult to do this in IE than in Firefox.

  • How does one create an IE plugin?
  • What languages are available for this task?
  • How can I make a Hello World plugin?
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a7drew Avatar asked Sep 02 '08 16:09

a7drew


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Here are a few resources that might help you in your quest to create browser helper objects (BHO).

http://petesearch.com/wiki/ (archived)

http://www.hackszine.com/blog/archive/2007/06/howto_port_firefox_extensions.html

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms182554(VS.80).aspx

http://www.codeplex.com/TeamTestPlugins

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David Avatar answered Oct 23 '22 01:10

David