‘Add-in Express for Internet Explorer’ category archive

Add an image URL to Twitter from Internet Explorer programmatically

In today's post I'll demonstrate how to write an Internet Explorer add-in to add an image url to a Twitter message. I'll be using Add-in Express for Internet Explorer... Read the rest of this entry →

Video: Owner Draw with Advanced Explorer Bars

When building Internet Extensions with Add-in Express for IE and .NET, one of the more popular user interface elements is the Bar. The bar extends IE's UI and provides a solid, non-intrusive, location for forms and other elements the user can access while working with Internet Explorer in their typical manner... Read the rest of this entry →

Video: How to create Advanced IE bars

When we released Add-in Express for Internet Explorer and .NET, one of the first things I wanted to do was build some extensions that included custom IE bars. I quickly learned that what I wanted to use was not IE Bars but Add-in Express Advanced IE Bars... Read the rest of this entry →

Video: Internet Explorer bar UI synchronization

Internet Explorer implements that all-too-common tab interface. Each tab contains a web page that could be closely related to something in another open tab...or it could be something different entirely. Users open lots of pages at a time... Read the rest of this entry →

Video: Developing Internet Explorer extensions, end-to-end demo

Internet Explorer is the world's most popular browser which makes it a nice target for custom solutions. Microsoft provides an IE SDK that attempts to provide you with guidance on how to build custom toolbars, menus, side bars, etc. The problem is that this SDK leaves you alone to fall into the potential pitfalls and doesn’t lend you a helping hand ... Read the rest of this entry →

Video: Add-in Express for Internet Explorer simplifies IE extension development

As the most popular browser Internet Explorer makes a nice target for solutions that extend browser functionality or that provide additional features for working with browser based content. Lucky for us developers Microsoft provides an SDK for Internet Explorer. Even luckier for us developers is that Add-in Express simplifies Internet Explorer plug-in development by providing an all-in-one framework ... Read the rest of this entry →

Adding Internet Explorer bars to IE GUI using Add-in Express

Add-in Express for Internet Explorer is yet another tool designed to make the life of developers easier. It provides you with a quick and simple way to customize Microsoft Internet Explorer. In this post I'll demonstrate how to create an explorer bar for Internet Explorer... Read the rest of this entry →

Video HowTo: Add any .net controls to Internet Explorer toolbars (VB.NET)

Besides Explorer bar and Explorer menus, I can suggest looking into one more visual thing that can be quickly customized with Add-in Express for Internet Explorer and .net. This is IE toolbars... Read the rest of this entry →

Insight of Add-in Express Loader

Add-in Express Loader is an unmanaged dll developed with the Visual C++ Active Template Library (ATL). It acts as a proxy between a host application and the real .NET library. The loader itself is never registered and it shouldn’t be. It is just specified as a dll to be loaded for managed classes ... Read the rest of this entry →

Video HowTo: Customize main and context menus in Internet Explorer (VB.NET)

Apart from Explorer bar there are a few more things that can be easily customized in Internet Explorer and today we will look into the customization of main menu and context menus. Yes, you can modify them by adding your own menu items... Read the rest of this entry →

Video HowTo: Create a custom Explorer bar for Internet Explorer (VB.NET)

Let's talk about extending Internet Explorer user interface. What visual feature is most frequently used by an average user? I bet it is Favorites, of course after the Address Bar... Read the rest of this entry →

Add-in Express 2010 MSI-based web deployment: Managing updates, part 3

This is the third and the final part of my series about ClickTwice - MSI-based web deployment technology introduced in Add-in Express 2010. In the first article of this series I covered the basics of our MSI-based web deployment, and gave you a step-by-step guidance on creating a new setup project. And now we are going to have a close look at managing your application updates... Read the rest of this entry →

Add-in Express 2010 MSI-based web deployment: Publishing the application, part 2

In the first article of this series I covered the basics of our Add-in Express 2010 MSI-based web deployment, also known as ClickTwice :) and gave you a step-by-step guidance on creating a new setup project. Now we are going to look at the main aspects of publishing the application using this deployment technology... Read the rest of this entry →

Add-in Express 2010 MSI-based web deployment – ClickTwice :)

Add-in Express provides two basic strategies for deploying its projects: publishing an application via the ClickOnce technology, or deploying it with a traditional setup using the Windows Installer. In case of ClickOnce deployment, your application is published to some centralized location, e.g. a network share, and the user installs it from that location... Read the rest of this entry →

Technical Evangelist, Add-in Express 2010 for IE and news from “office” fields

This post is in fact a copy of the newsletter that I sent out yesterday. I have to admit the newsletter was quite a success and brought the results much better than I had hoped for :) But let's not put the cart before the horse, first comes a story... Read the rest of this entry →

Add-in Express upgrade policy

After we had sent out the newsletter about Generation 2010 of Add-in Express (Add-in Express 2010 for Internet Explorer is the first swallow : -), I received a few questions about our upgrade policy. Well, I will try to formalize this issue here... Read the rest of this entry →

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