Sunday, February 8, 2009

Browser Helper Objects

Recently I worked on a small project where I had to make a Browser Helper Object(BHO) for Internet Explorer. BHOs are also known as add-ons. A BHO is like a plugin that is loaded automatically whenever IE is loaded or a new tab (IE7) is opened. It's amazing how useful a BHO can be. I found this tutorial useful to get started:
Building Browser Helper Objects with Visual Studio 2005