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Allows access to an additional object model provided by host applications of the Microsoft Internet Explorer browser components.

Members Table

The following table lists the members exposed by the external object.

Attributes/Properties

Show: Attributes/Properties Methods

Property Description frozen Retrieves whether content is able to handle events. menuArguments Returns the window object in which the context menu item opened. onvisibilitychange Sets or retrieves a value on visibility change. scrollbar Sets or retrieves whether to show the scrollbar. selectableContent Sets or retrieves whether selectable content is valid. version Retrieves a string representing the version in the format "N.nnnn platform", where N is an integer representing the major version number, nnnn is a number of characters representing the minor version number, and platform is the platform (win32, mac, alpha, and so on). visibility Retrieves whether content is visible. Method Description AddChannel Obsolete. Presents a dialog box that enables the user to add the specified channel, or to change the channel URL, if it is already installed. AddDesktopComponent Adds a Web site or image to the Microsoft Active Desktop. AddFavorite Prompts the user with a dialog box to add the specified URL to the Favorites list. AddSearchProvider   Adds a search provider to the registry. AutoCompleteSaveForm Saves the specified form in the AutoComplete data store. AutoScan Attempts to connect to a Web server by passing the specified query through completion templates. BrandImageUri   Not supported. Retrieves the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of an alternate product image. bubbleEvent Propagates an event up its containment hierarchy. CustomizeClearType   Not supported. Sets a registry value to turn ClearType on or off. CustomizeSettings   Not supported. Saves the user settings from a "first run" page. DefaultSearchProvider   Not supported. Retrieves the name of the user's default search provider. DiagnoseConnection   Not supported. Attempts to diagnose problems with the network connection. ImportExportFavorites Deprecated. Handles the import and export of Internet Explorer favorites. IsSearchMigrated   Not supported. Determines whether autosearch settings were migrated from a previous version of Internet Explorer. IsSearchProviderInstalled   Determines if a search provider has been installed for the current user and whether it is set as default. IsSubscribed Obsolete. Retrieves a value indicating whether the client subscribes to the given channel. NavigateAndFind Navigates to the specified URL and selects the specified text. PhishingEnabled   Not supported. Determines whether Microsoft Phishing Filter is enabled. raiseEvent Triggers an event, as specified. RunOnceHasShown   Not supported. Determines whether the "first run" page has been shown. RunOnceRequiredSettingsComplete   Not supported. Sets a registry value to indicate whether the "first run" page completed successfully. RunOnceShown   Not supported. Sets a registry value to indicate that the "first run" page has been shown. SearchGuideUrl   Not supported. Retrieves the URL of a page that can be used to install additional search providers. setContextMenu Constructs a context menu, as specified. ShowBrowserUI Opens the specified browser dialog box. SkipRunOnce   Not supported. Enables the user to select "first run" settings at a later time. SkipTabsWelcome   Not supported. Disables the welcome screen that appears when opening a new tab in Internet Explorer 7. SqmEnabled   Not supported. Determines whether Software Quality Monitoring (SQM) is enabled.

Remarks

In a hosting scenario, the object model is defined by the application hosting the Internet Explorer components (refer to the hosting application for documentation). For more information about how to implement extensions to the Dynamic HTML (DHTML) object model, see About the Browser.

This object is not supported in HTML Applications.

Standards Information

There is no public standard that applies to this object.

Applies To

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