DOC: window.external Supports All Methods of ShellUIHelper

ID: Q183339

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer (Programming) versions 4.0, 4.01

SUMMARY

The Internet Client SDK (InetSDK) documentation for Internet Explorer 4.0 documents the following legal methods supported by default by the window.external object:

addChannel

isSubscribed

The window.external object also supports the other methods implemented by the ShellUIHelper object:

addFavorite

addDesktopComponent

MORE INFORMATION

Refer to the ShellUIHelper documentation in the InetSDK for more information on these extra methods.

The following HTML page demonstrates how to bring up the "Add To Favorites" dialog box when the page is visited:


<HTML>
<HEAD>
   <TITLE>Add a Favorite</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
   <SCRIPT FOR=window EVENT=onLoad LANGUAGE=VBSCRIPT>
      window.external.AddFavorite "http://www.microsoft.com", "FavTitle"
   </SCRIPT>
</BODY>
</HTML>

REFERENCES

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q182034 HOWTO: Invoke the Add to Favorites Dialog Box in IE4

For information about the ShellUIHelper Object refer to the Internet Client SDK. Search on: Internet Tools & Technologies; Windows Shell API; Shell Objects for Scripting and Visual Basic; ShellUIHelper; Methods -

http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/sdk/inetsdk/help/itt/Shell/Objects/ShellUIHel per/Methods.htm#shelluihelper_methods

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdocfix kbIE400 kbIE401
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug