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Muller Stephan




Posts: 50
 Joined: 2010-03-11
Hello,
I am currently converting a plugin from a standalone VB .net application to Add In Express.

I came up with two questions which I could not solve on my own :oops:
Question a)
I tried adding and showing a simple vb windows form. For this matter i used the following code:

Dim frm As Form1 = New Form1()
frm.ShowDialog()

=> Very simple. However, when I run it it does not work when run from the IE toolbar. It shows the form and immidiately hides the form again. When I run the same code from a context menu button, it works w/out any problems. Why is that?

I also tried using frm.Show(), that does show the form, but in the background.

I use Windows Vista x32 with Internet Explorer 8 and MS VB .net in VS 2008.

Question b)
I have a windows form with a link on it. When the user clicks the link, IE is supposed to navigate to the uRL on the link. How do I access the IEApp object from a vb form? I tried using IEModule.IEApp.Navigate(...), but IEModule.IeApp is not available.


Thanks for your reply in advance
Stephan
Posted 11 Mar, 2010 13:25:17 Top
Andrei Smolin


Add-in Express team


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 Joined: 2006-05-11
Hello Stephan,

1. Try using frm.ShowDialog(IWin32Window) overload. Use ADXIEModule.MainWindowHandle to initialize the class implementing IWin32Window.

2. You can create a constructor accepting ADXIEModule.


Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
Posted 12 Mar, 2010 03:24:03 Top
Muller Stephan




Posts: 50
 Joined: 2010-03-11
Hey Andrei,
thanks for your reply! I am progressing with my addin very well.

Tip #2 worked very fine for me, however I have trouble implementing tip #1. How do I set up a wrapper class in VB .net to make that possible? Could you give me an example? My tries unfortunately did not result in success.

Furthermore I came up with a new question:
I configured some shorcuts for my context menus. However, none of them work - although I tried using combos that are not used by IE (e.g. CTRL+SHIFT+N). Although they are correctly displayed in the context menu, when I push the combination nothing happens.

I also have to correct myself. I am using IE7, not IE8. So IE7 on x32 Vista with VB .net 2008.

Thanks in advance for your help :D
Stephan
Posted 12 Mar, 2010 14:40:24 Top
Andrei Smolin


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 Joined: 2006-05-11
Stephan,

Muller Stephan writes:
Could you give me an example?


Public Class MyWindow 
    Implements System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window 

    Dim theHandle As IntPtr 

    Public Sub New(ByVal aHandle As System.IntPtr)
        theHandle = aHandle 
    End Sub

    Public ReadOnly Property Handle() As System.IntPtr _
        Implements System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window.Handle
        Get
            Return theHandle
        End Get
    End Property
End Class


Muller Stephan writes:
I configured some shorcuts for my context menus. However, none of them work


Please check if you set HandleShortcuts = tue in the properties of the IE module.


Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
Posted 15 Mar, 2010 11:02:15 Top