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How To Write a Plug-In for IE

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?
Solution

  • 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