DOC: window.external Supports All Methods of ShellUIHelper

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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

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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>

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REFERENCES

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

182034 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/182034/EN-US/ ) HOWTO: Invoke the Add to Favorites Dialog Box in IE4

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 128-Bit Edition
Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 Service Pack 2

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