Comments on: Cross-Browser Scripting – Part one http://colonelpanic.net/2009/12/cross-browser-scripting-part-one/ Dumping our corps so you don't have to Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: taxilian http://colonelpanic.net/2009/12/cross-browser-scripting-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-486 taxilian Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:15:00 +0000 http://colonelpanic.net/?p=117#comment-486 gee, I'm sure slow at answering comments sometimes. Sorry about that. Technically an ActiveX control can be a BHO -- BHO just means "Browser Helper Object". I believe that BHOs must be ActiveX objects, in fact, though I dont think they have to be controls. BHOs have a little more capability to tie into the browser than a normal ActiveX Control, however; you might say that a BHO is analogous to an Extension in FireFox, whereas an ActiveX Control is like a NPAPI plugin. Of course, an ActiveX Control could also be a BHO, and vise versa; they are not mutally exclusive. gee, I’m sure slow at answering comments sometimes. Sorry about that. Technically an ActiveX control can be a BHO — BHO just means “Browser Helper Object”. I believe that BHOs must be ActiveX objects, in fact, though I dont think they have to be controls.

BHOs have a little more capability to tie into the browser than a normal ActiveX Control, however; you might say that a BHO is analogous to an Extension in FireFox, whereas an ActiveX Control is like a NPAPI plugin. Of course, an ActiveX Control could also be a BHO, and vise versa; they are not mutally exclusive.

]]> By: Guybrush http://colonelpanic.net/2009/12/cross-browser-scripting-part-one/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Guybrush Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:33:54 +0000 http://colonelpanic.net/?p=117#comment-324 Hi I am reading about Internet explorer extensibility and I found Browser Extensions of which (Shortcut menu extensions,Toolbars,Explorer Bars,Browser Helper Objects) and Content Extensions (Active Documents, ActiveX Controls, etc) now my problem when I delved further I find BHO and ActiveX Controls a bit confusing because they seem to both have the same power. Wikipedia makes it even worst by stating "The Adobe Acrobat plugin that allows Internet Explorer users to read PDF files within their browser is a BHO." is a plugin a BHO or an ActiveX control ? <br><br><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa741312.aspx#ui_and_helpers" rel="nofollow">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa74131...</a><br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_Helper_Objects" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_Helper_Obj...</a> Hi I am reading about Internet explorer extensibility and I found Browser Extensions of which (Shortcut menu extensions,Toolbars,Explorer Bars,Browser Helper Objects) and Content Extensions (Active Documents, ActiveX Controls, etc) now my problem when I delved further I find BHO and ActiveX Controls a bit confusing because they seem to both have the same power. Wikipedia makes it even worst by stating “The Adobe Acrobat plugin that allows Internet Explorer users to read PDF files within their browser is a BHO.” is a plugin a BHO or an ActiveX control ?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa74131…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_Helper_Obj…

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