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    <p>I'm trying to add a new entry into Internet Explorer's right-click context menu. I understand that this can be achieved by creating an HTML file containing JavaScript, and then linking to this from a location in the registry. I have also read that you can also add the HTML to a resource file and compile it into a DLL (see the Microsoft KB: <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa753589.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Adding Entries to the Standard Context Menu</a>). This is where I have started to hit problems.</p> <p>Here is a bit of background about what I have done so far.</p> <ul> <li>I have the following JavaScript in the file <code>C:\test.htm</code>:</li> </ul> <blockquote> <pre><code>&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt; alert('Hello, world!'); &lt;/script&gt; </code></pre> </blockquote> <ul> <li>I have added a new <code>REG_SZ</code> value <code>'c:\test.htm'</code> in the registry at the following location:</li> </ul> <blockquote> <pre><code>HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt </code></pre> </blockquote> <p>If I now restart IE, my new menu item appears in the context menu. If I select my new menu item, my message box alert appears as expected. So far so good. However, I can't seem to access the script if it's in a DLL. Here are the steps I have taken:</p> <ol> <li>Created a new Visual C++ Class Library project in VS 2005 named <code>'IETest'</code> in <code>c:\IETest</code></li> <li>Imported my <code>C:\test.htm</code> file into the default <code>app.rc</code> resource file. I have changed the <code>ID</code> to be <code>TEST</code></li> <li>Compiled the DLL in debug mode</li> <li>Altered the registry entry to read</li> </ol> <blockquote> <pre><code>res://C:\IETest\debug\IETest.dll/TEST </code></pre> </blockquote> <p>If I now restart IE and try again, the message box does not appear when I right-click and select my new context menu entry. I have also tried a release build of the DLL without any luck, and also tried replacing the last forward slash with a comma and altering the path single-backslashes to double-slashes.</p> <p>I can only presume that I've done something wrong when creating my DLL. Can anyone point me in the right direction? Is there any way I can examine the compiled DLL to examine the resources and associated IDs?</p> <p>Thanks.</p>
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    2. COIf I use the javascript in my first example, an 'alert' message box appears when I select my new context menu item which is correct. The issue I am having is when I try to add this javascript into a new DLL. I will update the entry to make the sentance a bit clearer.
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