Go!zilla like downloader

[ceilidhallnight]

Hi all,

I've been trying to create a simplified Go!zilla, getright like downloader that will integrate into IE or Netscape. My main problem is getting IE or Netscape to use my downloader as the default downloader when I click on a link. I've tried hooks and had little success. I've read about Browser Helper Objects for IE, and it sounds promising, but I have no idea how to create one, and even if I did, that still leaves the problem with Netscape. Maybe it's hopeless, I've been trying for several months wih no luck...Anyone out there have any ideas?

Thanks in advance!

there is a value in the registry somewhere that contains a command line that IE executes when it downloads something. You will need to build the capability into your program to take data out of the command line (not from the registry, but from the Windows shell at runtime) which is supplied by IE depending on the Path to the download target. Once your program knows what it wants to download, it takes over from IE for a while until its finished.

the registry command line could look like:

"C:\Windows\Program Files\MyDLApp.exe /download HTTP:\\www.whatever.com/mytarget.zip"