I am having to get involved in writing Browser Helper Objects in Managed
Code and to write toolbars and interface the two.  Because BHOs have been
clasically written in C++ using ATL, most of the discussions are in that
arena.

Are there any forums or other types of technical exchanges regarding this
type of development in .Net?

While I have no answer for that question, I'd ask you to reconsider.

You can be pretty much sure that ActiveX functionality can be found on all
current clients with IE, however you can't be sure if .NET framework is
installed on clients. (e.g.: WinXP only come with v1.0, only Win2003 have
v1.1 preinstalled... if it's Win2k and Win9X, owner must install themselves)

It'd be quite insane to ask someone install a 2XMB runtime in order to run a
< 1MB application. So unless your BHO is for private company use, I doubt if
it's a good choice for now.

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It's all in Vista and that will be common when our product comes out.
Gary

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Hi Gary,

You may find following forum useful:

#Internet Explorer Extension Development - MSDN Forums
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=924&SiteID=1


There're several developers from IE team answering questions there.


For your reference, here's some examples regarding authoring BHO in .NET:

#Extending Explorer with Band Objects using .NET and Windows Forms - The
Code Project - C# Programming
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/dotnetbandobjects.asp
Walks you through the implementation of an Explorer bar with the help of
BandObject base class. Describes implementation details of the BandObject
class.

#Internet Explorer Browser Module
http://www.gotdotnet.com/Workspaces/Workspace.aspx?id=94b7e149-b91e-414e-996
0-bd726c2c929b
This is a framework for creating managed plug-ins (i.e .NET plug-ins)
within Internet Explorer. It currently supports handling of the most common
Internet Explorer events and sessions. There are several plug-ins that show
how to use the framework.

#15 Seconds : Build a Managed BHO and Plug into the Browser
http://www.15seconds.com/issue/040331.htm


Sincerely,
Walter Wang (waw***@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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