Developing Internet Explorer, browser helper object extensions?

user285594 picture user285594 · Apr 9, 2014 · Viewed 7.5k times · Source

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1) I am trying to make a simple BHO in C# like here already answered: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5740004/285594

2) But unfortunately they all tried less then IE11, where some made it work and some failed too

3) after following everything as mentioned in that answer, i also purchased official code sign but it simply does not working in IE11 Windows 7 64-bit.

You can download my prepared version of Visual studio 2013: which includes all the source code and details for IE11:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/60kg212vkjb7yud/ClassLibrary2.rar

Q. Can anyone please advise/suggest/help how can i make one hello world of this BHO?

I have also tried others sample from codeproject, but still none of them i was able to make work yet, trying since 4 weeks, i am lost, please advise what is wrong in my ClassLibrary2.rar which is not hilighting the text "browser"?

I am completely lost, please advise.

EDIT:

IEAddon.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Microsoft.Win32;
using mshtml;
using SHDocVw;

namespace InternetExplorerExtension
{
  [ComVisible(true)]
  [ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)]
  [Guid("D40C654D-7C51-4EB3-95B2-1E23905C2A2D")]
  [ProgId("MyBHO.WordHighlighter")]
  public class WordHighlighterBHO : IObjectWithSite, IOleCommandTarget
  {
    const string DefaultTextToHighlight = "browser";

    IWebBrowser2 browser;
    private object site;

    #region Highlight Text
    void OnDocumentComplete(object pDisp, ref object URL)
    {
      try
      {

        // This will prevent this method being executed more than once.
        if (pDisp != this.site)
          return;

        var document2 = browser.Document as IHTMLDocument2;
        var document3 = browser.Document as IHTMLDocument3;

        var window = document2.parentWindow;
        window.execScript(@"function FncAddedByAddon() { alert('Message added by addon.'); }");

        Queue<IHTMLDOMNode> queue = new Queue<IHTMLDOMNode>();
        foreach (IHTMLDOMNode eachChild in document3.childNodes)
          queue.Enqueue(eachChild);

        while (queue.Count > 0)
        {
          // replacing desired text with a highlighted version of it
          var domNode = queue.Dequeue();

          var textNode = domNode as IHTMLDOMTextNode;
          if (textNode != null)
          {
            if (textNode.data.Contains(TextToHighlight))
            {
              var newText = textNode.data.Replace(TextToHighlight, "<span style='background-color: yellow; cursor: hand;' onclick='javascript:FncAddedByAddon()' title='Click to open script based alert window.'>" + TextToHighlight + "</span>");
              var newNode = document2.createElement("span");
              newNode.innerHTML = newText;
              domNode.replaceNode((IHTMLDOMNode)newNode);
            }
          }
          else
          {
            // adding children to collection
            var x = (IHTMLDOMChildrenCollection)(domNode.childNodes);
            foreach (IHTMLDOMNode eachChild in x)
            {
              if (eachChild is mshtml.IHTMLScriptElement)
                continue;
              if (eachChild is mshtml.IHTMLStyleElement)
                continue;

              queue.Enqueue(eachChild);
            }
          }
        }
      }
      catch (Exception ex)
      {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
      }
    }
    #endregion
    #region Load and Save Data
    static string TextToHighlight = DefaultTextToHighlight;
    public static string RegData = "Software\\MyIEExtension";

    [DllImport("ieframe.dll")]
    public static extern int IEGetWriteableHKCU(ref IntPtr phKey);

    private static void SaveOptions()
    {
      // In IE 7,8,9,(desktop)10 tabs run in Protected Mode
      // which prohibits writes to HKLM, HKCU.
      // Must ask IE for "Writable" registry section pointer
      // which will be something like HKU/S-1-7***/Software/AppDataLow/
      // In "metro" IE 10 mode, tabs run in "Enhanced Protected Mode"
      // where BHOs are not allowed to run, except in edge cases.
      // see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2012/03/23/understanding-ie10-enhanced-protected-mode-network-security-addons-cookies-metro-desktop.aspx
      IntPtr phKey = new IntPtr();
      var answer = IEGetWriteableHKCU(ref phKey);
      RegistryKey writeable_registry = RegistryKey.FromHandle(
          new Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeRegistryHandle(phKey, true)
      );
      RegistryKey registryKey = writeable_registry.OpenSubKey(RegData, true);

      if (registryKey == null)
        registryKey = writeable_registry.CreateSubKey(RegData);
      registryKey.SetValue("Data", TextToHighlight);

      writeable_registry.Close();
    }
    private static void LoadOptions()
    {
      // In IE 7,8,9,(desktop)10 tabs run in Protected Mode
      // which prohibits writes to HKLM, HKCU.
      // Must ask IE for "Writable" registry section pointer
      // which will be something like HKU/S-1-7***/Software/AppDataLow/
      // In "metro" IE 10 mode, tabs run in "Enhanced Protected Mode"
      // where BHOs are not allowed to run, except in edge cases.
      // see http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/archive/2012/03/23/understanding-ie10-enhanced-protected-mode-network-security-addons-cookies-metro-desktop.aspx
      IntPtr phKey = new IntPtr();
      var answer = IEGetWriteableHKCU(ref phKey);
      RegistryKey writeable_registry = RegistryKey.FromHandle(
          new Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeRegistryHandle(phKey, true)
      );
      RegistryKey registryKey = writeable_registry.OpenSubKey(RegData, true);

      if (registryKey == null)
        registryKey = writeable_registry.CreateSubKey(RegData);
      registryKey.SetValue("Data", TextToHighlight);

      if (registryKey == null)
      {
        TextToHighlight = DefaultTextToHighlight;
      }
      else
      {
        TextToHighlight = (string)registryKey.GetValue("Data");
      }
      writeable_registry.Close();
    }
    #endregion

    [Guid("6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA")]
    [InterfaceType(1)]
    public interface IServiceProvider
    {
      int QueryService(ref Guid guidService, ref Guid riid, out IntPtr ppvObject);
    }

    #region Implementation of IObjectWithSite
    int IObjectWithSite.SetSite(object site)
    {
      this.site = site;

      if (site != null)
      {
        LoadOptions();

        var serviceProv = (IServiceProvider)this.site;
        var guidIWebBrowserApp = Marshal.GenerateGuidForType(typeof(IWebBrowserApp)); // new Guid("0002DF05-0000-0000-C000-000000000046");
        var guidIWebBrowser2 = Marshal.GenerateGuidForType(typeof(IWebBrowser2)); // new Guid("D30C1661-CDAF-11D0-8A3E-00C04FC9E26E");
        IntPtr intPtr;
        serviceProv.QueryService(ref guidIWebBrowserApp, ref guidIWebBrowser2, out intPtr);

        browser = (IWebBrowser2)Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown(intPtr);

        ((DWebBrowserEvents2_Event)browser).DocumentComplete +=
            new DWebBrowserEvents2_DocumentCompleteEventHandler(this.OnDocumentComplete);
      }
      else
      {
        ((DWebBrowserEvents2_Event)browser).DocumentComplete -=
            new DWebBrowserEvents2_DocumentCompleteEventHandler(this.OnDocumentComplete);
        browser = null;
      }
      return 0;
    }
    int IObjectWithSite.GetSite(ref Guid guid, out IntPtr ppvSite)
    {
      IntPtr punk = Marshal.GetIUnknownForObject(browser);
      int hr = Marshal.QueryInterface(punk, ref guid, out ppvSite);
      Marshal.Release(punk);
      return hr;
    }
    #endregion
    #region Implementation of IOleCommandTarget
    int IOleCommandTarget.QueryStatus(IntPtr pguidCmdGroup, uint cCmds, ref OLECMD prgCmds, IntPtr pCmdText)
    {
      return 0;
    }
    int IOleCommandTarget.Exec(IntPtr pguidCmdGroup, uint nCmdID, uint nCmdexecopt, IntPtr pvaIn, IntPtr pvaOut)
    {
      try
      {
        // Accessing the document from the command-bar.
        var document = browser.Document as IHTMLDocument2;
        var window = document.parentWindow;
        var result = window.execScript(@"alert('You will now be allowed to configure the text to highlight...');");

        var form = new HighlighterOptionsForm();
        form.InputText = TextToHighlight;
        if (form.ShowDialog() != DialogResult.Cancel)
        {
          TextToHighlight = form.InputText;
          SaveOptions();
        }
      }
      catch (Exception ex)
      {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
      }

      return 0;
    }
    #endregion

    #region Registering with regasm
    public static string RegBHO = "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Browser Helper Objects";
    public static string RegCmd = "Software\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Extensions";

    [ComRegisterFunction]
    public static void RegisterBHO(Type type)
    {
      string guid = type.GUID.ToString("B");

      // BHO
      {
        RegistryKey registryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(RegBHO, true);
        if (registryKey == null)
          registryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey(RegBHO);
        RegistryKey key = registryKey.OpenSubKey(guid);
        if (key == null)
          key = registryKey.CreateSubKey(guid);
        key.SetValue("Alright", 1);
        registryKey.Close();
        key.Close();
      }

      // Command
      {
        RegistryKey registryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(RegCmd, true);
        if (registryKey == null)
          registryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey(RegCmd);
        RegistryKey key = registryKey.OpenSubKey(guid);
        if (key == null)
          key = registryKey.CreateSubKey(guid);
        key.SetValue("ButtonText", "Highlighter options");
        key.SetValue("CLSID", "{1FBA04EE-3024-11d2-8F1F-0000F87ABD16}");
        key.SetValue("ClsidExtension", guid);
        key.SetValue("Icon", "");
        key.SetValue("HotIcon", "");
        key.SetValue("Default Visible", "Yes");
        key.SetValue("MenuText", "&Highlighter options");
        key.SetValue("ToolTip", "Highlighter options");
        //key.SetValue("KeyPath", "no");
        registryKey.Close();
        key.Close();
      }
    }

    [ComUnregisterFunction]
    public static void UnregisterBHO(Type type)
    {
      string guid = type.GUID.ToString("B");
      // BHO
      {
        RegistryKey registryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(RegBHO, true);
        if (registryKey != null)
          registryKey.DeleteSubKey(guid, false);
      }
      // Command
      {
        RegistryKey registryKey = Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey(RegCmd, true);
        if (registryKey != null)
          registryKey.DeleteSubKey(guid, false);
      }
    }
    #endregion
  }
}

Answer

qhor picture qhor · Apr 24, 2014

i'm trying to do the same - and i've just noticed that in build log there was an error

Failure adding assembly to the cache: Attempt to install an assembly without a strong name

so i've added *.snk and highlighting worked (using ie11 to, x64), but 'highlight options' menu item isn't working

IEExtension example