Hi again, I managed to solve this on my own:sigh:. If anyone is interested in the solution drop me a note on my mailbox.. G.

Hi Christopher, Thank you for sharing your thoughts. The main thing that really puzzles me is how it's possible to have a standard executable like Excel.exe being called from IE and work just like a script. I'll follow your lead and take a closer look into ActiveX control, since I am not very familiar with those and perhaps there is something there. Rgds, D.

I apologize for this. I saw the text only after I hit the "send" button (too overwhelmed with the issue I guess X| ) Strange enough, though, I got an answer from this thread instead of the "C#" one!

Yeap! There is an article there called "Adding Entries to the Standard Context Menu", which is relevant with the case, but unfortunately it doesn't mention anything about how the executable should be made (i.e. what interfaces should implement, how they are exposed etc). Note that the whole thing works if I set the right-click to call a javascript htm page, but not if I call an executable. ..and I am very curious to find what this "\3000" param is..

Hi all, I am not too sure where to post my question, so I'll just put it here and hope that somebody will help me. Honestly, I've reached a deadend after searching ALOT. I'll greatly appreciate any help or indication. The problem: In Internet Explorer you can right-click on a page and hit "Export to Microsoft Excel". This command is set in the registry (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Export to Microsoft Excel) to call Excel with "EXCEL.EXE/3000". The purpose: I would like to develop a executable with simular functionality: the ability to be called from the internet explorer. The question: What is the technology that excel is using? Is it a COM object implementing an interface? How do I do that in .NET? And what on earth is that "/3000" parameter?!? I've been looking for an answer for quite some time now. Please help. Rgds, G.

Hi all, I am not too sure where to post my question, so I'll just put it here and hope that somebody will help me. Honestly, I've reached a deadend after searching ALOT. I'll greatly appreciate any help or indication. The problem: In Internet Explorer you can right-click on a page and hit "Export to Microsoft Excel". This command is set in the registry (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\Export to Microsoft Excel) to call Excel with "EXCEL.EXE/3000". The purpose: I would like to develop a executable with simular functionality: the ability to be called from the internet explorer. The question: What is the technology that excel is using? Is it a COM object implementing an interface? How do I do that in .NET? And what on earth is that "/3000" parameter?!? I've been looking for an answer for quite some time now. Please help. Rgds, G. -- modified at 5:36 Thursday 14th December, 2006

Hi everyone, Although being a great fan of this site it's only the first time that I write to one of its forums. The problem I am facing and forced me to do so, is that I cannot understand (find a reference or sth) how I can replicate what "E&xport to Microsoft Excel" is doing. This is an extension of the right-click menu of Internet Explorer, which is set by inserting a new key under [HKCU]->Software->Microsoft->Internet Explorer->MenuExt, and is used to call the Excel's resource 3000 to export html data to an excelsheet. Is it simply a resource in the executable (e.g. a windows form declared as a resource)? How does it take the argument? Is there anywhere any sample code doing the same thing?:confused: I would like to do the same with an executable of mine. I've tried searching around, but I was unable to find sth in relation :( Could you please assist me? Kind Regards, G.