IE as the shell (in Kiosk Mode)

re: IE as the shell (in Kiosk Mode)

Josh Fulmer — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 04:25:00 GMT

How can I configure IE to be the primary shell on a system?

re: IE as the shell (in Kiosk Mode)

sfiorito — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 16:25:00 GMT

This is actually what I'm planning to do for my Car PC system. I originally started writing a front end in .NET, but then as I was working on a "skinning" system, I realized HTML and CSS do all that for me!! DUH!! Since all I need are Media Player (for music and video) and Mappoint (for navigation) I can use ActiveX controls and javascript to control them. Now, don't get mad... ;) but I've also been messing with Firefox and XUL development. Same idea there: run a XUL application as the shell (through FireFox). Starts up much faster than other frontends out there.

re: IE as the shell (in Kiosk Mode)

Matt Kellner — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:21:00 GMT

Hi Josh.

Take a look at <a href=http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xpehelp/html/xeconshellcustomization.asp>this document</a>, which describes working with custom shells and includes links to an end-to-end process for creating one. You may also find <a href=http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xpehelp/html/xetskcreatingcustomshellcomponent.asp>this document</a> useful - it describes how to create a component that will configure your shell to be virtually any program you want.

Hope this helps!

re: IE as the shell (in Kiosk Mode)

Matt Kellner — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:17:00 GMT

Hmm... apparently the comments interface here isn't HTML-enabled. Here are the links again:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xpehelp/html/xeconshellcustomization.asp -- entry point for Custom Shells topic.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/xpehelp/html/xetskcreatingcustomshellcomponent.asp -- describes creating a component that configures a custom shell.

re: IE as the shell (in Kiosk Mode)

Matt Kellner — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 18:34:00 GMT

I just managed to put together an IE shell for testing, and it turns out that by itself, IE will NOT auto-restart when closed via ALT-F4. So to prevent your system from becoming unusable, you would need to provide a custom shell that launches IE and keeps an eye on whether it's running or not, so that you can relaunch it automatically when someone tries to shut it down.

re: IE as the shell (in Kiosk Mode)

sfiorito — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 06:48:00 GMT

haven't tried this since i'm travelling right now, but if you set a batch file as the custom shell (which then ran your IE app) does that auto-restart? that's weird though, because CMD autorestarts no prob. why wouldn't some other process???

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