A host can supply mechanisms that will show message boxes and Help by implementing the IDocHostShowUI interface.
IDocHostShowUI Methods
ShowHelp Called by MSHTML when it needs to display Help. ShowMessage Called by MSHTML when it needs to display a message box.
Interface Information
Implementation Custom Inherits from IUnknown Header and IDL files Mshtmhst.h; Mshtmhst.idl Minimum availability Internet Explorer 4.0 Minimum operating systems Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0
Remarks
MSHTML obtains an IDocHostShowUI interface by calling the host's client site QueryInterface, requesting IID_IDocHostShowUI. The site is the object that implements the IOleDocumentSite and IOleClientSite interfaces.