How To Invoke the "Add to Favorites" Dialog Box in IE4

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The AddFavorite method takes two parameters. The first parameter is the URL of the Web page to save as a favorite. The second parameter is the title to be used for this favorite (optional).

When specifying the URL to save as a favorite, you must specify the protocol type (http://, file://, and so forth) If you do not specify the protocol, AddFavorite will return E_FAIL (0x80004005) in Visual C++, and a run-time error in Visual Basic or script.

Scripting

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE=VBSCRIPT>
   window.external.addFavorite "http://www.microsoft.com", "Microsoft"
</SCRIPT>
				

Visual C++

To invoke the "Add to Favorites" dialog box from a Visual C++ application that is hosting the WebBrowser control, insert the following code in your application:

   #include "ExDisp.h"

   IShellUIHelper* pShell = NULL;
   HRESULT hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_ShellUIHelper, NULL, CLSCTX_SERVER,
                                 IID_IShellUIHelper, (void**)&pShell);
   if (hr == S_OK)
   {
      COleVariant vtTitle("Microsoft");
      pShell->AddFavorite(OLESTR("http://www.microsoft.com"), &vtTitle);
      pShell->Release();
   }
				

NOTE: The \Inetsdk\Include directory must be listed first in the Directories tab of the settings for the project.

Visual Basic

To invoke this dialog box in a Visual Basic application, add a reference to Shdocvw.dll to your project if your application is not hosting the WebBrowser control:

   Dim shellHelper As New ShellUIHelper
   shellHelper.AddFavorite "http://www.microsoft.com", "Microsoft"