The newObjects IE ScriptBar samples published here are fully
functional applications with installer and some additional files where needed.
Note that the installed sample toolbars are not visible by default! After
installing a sample you will need to go to the View->Toolbars menu in
Microsoft Internet Explorer and enable the toolbar.
The samples are structured in a common fashion. All samples contain an Install
directory which contains the sample toolbar's installation and implementation
files. The README.HTM in the root directory of the archives explains the
additional details. Some samples contain other directories where are the files
that are not part of the sample toolbar but are used indirectly. For instance
there may be a server contacted by the toolbar and you will find the files that
implement it in a separate directory in the archive - see the sample's
README.HTM for details.
Note that nor the Samples nor the Demo include the documentation! You need to
download it separately - it is included in the newObjects
Development Library (lookup "IE toolbar" in the index or see the
newObjects IE ScriptBar in the contents).
Sample 1
This is more or less a Hello Word sample that demonstrates the basic startup
steps only. You can use it to see the basics of the user interface design and
the toolbar script cleared from any cumbersome code. You can also try
changing/extending the sample by writing something more into its files while
learning the basics. The sample does not include any menu oriented code or
complex usage of run-time library objects.
Download it (ZIP)
Sample 2
This is a more complicated sample. It implements an advertising toolbar which
downloads its adverts from a server. We have a working sample server for it, but
the files that implement the server are included and you can install yours on
any IIS/PWS machine and change the sample code to ask it.
The sample involves usage of several components from the run-time library. It
has a database, manages a http connection in a background thread and uses UDS
data to transfer the images and their information. If the way it implements the
data transfer looks inconvenient for you - get the Sample 3 which implements the
same functionality in generic way (the images are transferred raw over a HTTP
connection).
This sample demostrates that you can do a lot of things using the ScriptBar
run-time library only. Even minimal the feature usage demonstrates techniques
any complex application would need.
The most interesting point in this sample is the usage of a thread to run a
separate script that performs synchronization of ads data. Using such a thread
allows all the slow work to be done in the background so that the user would not
be disturbed while your toolbar does something that requires more time and/or
non-guaranteed connection with a server.
Download it (ZIP)
Sample 4
This example is dedicated to the dynamic menus only. It shows how to
create and dynamically recreate menu structures in memory and how to invoke them
in response to user actions. It consists of 3 separate parts each oriented to a
particular feature - dynamic creation, simple definition, nested
menus.
Download it (ZIP)
