how to automatically set my explorer bar as default ON

[Sean]

Hi, All,


I programmed a explorer bar from the band object.
It's a self-registered DLL, a modified version of
the BandObjs sample code from msdn.

After the registration I can see my explorer bar's
name under the IE's View->Explorer bar menu. I have
to manually select it in order to activate my bar.

I know there must be a way to automate this activation,
for example during the installation (I used InstallShield
tool in Visual Studio 6.0). Can anybody give me a clue
for it?



Thanks a lot in advance,

Sean

 

[Raj]

See KB Article KB255920 "HOWTO: Programmatically Active a Band Object"

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=255920

 

[Sean]

Hi, Raj,

Thanks for your information for this one. However the described approach
in the article needs a separate binary to set the attribute of the
band object. It can also do the setting ON/OFF freely at runtime.

I don't really need this "fancy" way to do it. I just need to set
the band object -- my explorer bar as ON when customer installs it.
I want it to be ON all the time and don't need to turn it off.

So I think there might be a easier way to do it instead of program
another binary.

Thanks,

Sean

 

[Igor Tandetnik]

Thanks for your information for this one. However the described approach
in the article needs a separate binary to set the attribute of the
band object.

No it does not. You can implement your band and a BHO in the same DLL. A
DLL can implement more than one COM object, you know.
--
With best wishes,
Igor Tandetnik

"For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat,
and wrong." H.L. Mencken

 

[Raj]

Hi Sean,
I don't think there is any other way..
May call it fancy but thats the way to do that.
And as Igor says, implement both BHO and Band in one DLL.

Regards
Raj