Free Internet Explorer plug-in -
Advanced Search for IE 6 and IE 7

This is a free plug-in for Internet Explorer version 6 and 7. It allows finding and highlighting searches across all windows and tabs of the current IE process.

The plug-in was developed with Add-in Express for Internet Explorer and Microsoft .Net and demonstrates the following Add-in Express features:

• Ability to easily create, debug, register and deploy IE add-ons.
• Special versions of  System.Windows.Forms.Form to create a custom Explorer bar, or toolbar with Add-in Express for IE. See Developing IE add-on for more details.
• Special means to deal with multiple threads that IE add-on instances are run in. In particular, an add-on can have and use global data.
• Ability to communicate with plug-ins that work in other IE processes.

Currently, we supply its source code only: download the Advanced Search for IE plug-in, then unzip the archive file, and open the solution in Visual Studio 2005 or 2008. Note that if you have Add-in Express 2008 for Internet Explorer and Microsoft .NET, you can register the project using a corresponding item in the Build menu and see the plug-in in action.

You may want to read a related post on the Add-in Express blog based on the code of this IE plug-in that provides some useful information for Internet Explorer developers about how to program IE add-on, toolbar and menu.

Download Advanced Search for Internet Explorer