A Browser Helper Object (BHO) is a DLL module designed as a plugin for Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser (as well as Windows Explorer) to provide added functionality.
Questions tagged [bho]
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Add browser action button in internet explorer BHO
So. I'm working on a BHO in IE and I want to add a browser action like this:
In internet explorer it would look something like
The only tutorials and docs I've found were on creating toolbar items. None mentioned this option. I know this is…
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Cannot get BHO working in 64 bit
I'm working on IE11 Browser Helper Object. I got it working when I build it in x86. The problem is, I want to use the project on x64 the BHO extension isn't working when it's built on x64.
The extension shows up in the Internet Explorer add-ons…
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BHO IE 9 Capture OnScroll Event if a site has the meta tag content="IE=9"
I recently noticed that I'm unable to capture the OnSroll events of the "top" window in my BHO if I'm showing a page in IE9 and the page contais the tag: .
I capture the scroll by sinking the…
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João Augusto
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Calling C# BHO methods from Javascript
I'm trying to figure out how to call C# methods in my BHO object from Javascript within the page. I found numerous pages on how to do it in C++/ATL/Com such as:
Browser Helper Objects and Scripts Options
Calling BHO method from Javascript?
I have…
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Some questions about using CComPtr (when use Release()? Can I return CComPtr?, ...)
I writing add-on for Internet Explorer(BHO) and I'm using CComPtr smart pointers. I wonder:
When should I use CComPtr.Release() function?
In this this link it's used to release
browser object. Where else should I use it? In 'normal' use (with…
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Mariusz Pawelski
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Is there any difference in JavaScript injection and bookmarklet?
As per the Wikipedia article on Bookmarklets (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmarklet), the concept of Bookmarklets is:
Web browsers use URIs for the href attribute of the tag and for
bookmarks. The URI scheme, such as http:, file:, or ftp:,…
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Calling BHO method from Javascript?
I am trying to call my BHO method from the javascript. The problem is same as stated in the the following posts:
Call BHO from Javascript…
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