I am building a special-purpose browser for work and I was wanting to implement a popup blocker with the following functions: - Blocks virtually of all Browser PopUps - Just Click Twice or Hold the Ctrl Key to Allow PopUps - Use the Friendly List to Allow PopUps you trust - Black Lists to Deny PopUps from any Website forever - Blocks Adult Websites - Blocks Sites with Adult Content - Blocks DirectAds (Messenger Service Spam) - Can Clear Your Temporary Files, and Cookies Is this possible to do in Visual Basic? If so where can I find some tutorials on how to and maybe some examples? Thanks for your time. nate.

Doesn't the google toolbar already do this? Any how, I'm sure you could do this using a skeleton MS Internet Explorer related control component within VB6. I'm not sure what the name of it is anymore, but look through the list of components in the MS Visual Studio 6 when you create a new project... its name will be fairly obvious that it is IE browser related. IR

I am sure that google does this already, but it's the satisfaction of doing it yourself and possibly marketing it. On the browser part, I already got that figured out. I'm just using Gecko (mozilla) as my browser engine instead of IE. Thanks for the post IR.

I'm not sure how comfortable I am posting this since you mention marketing the software, however since you'd probably find it anyway via a Google search, check out Popup Killer. It's still the best free popup blocker I've found. Very flexible black and exclusion lists. It's moved to open source under the GPL and is available on SourceForge here. I think it's even written in Visual Basic. As far as getting rid of the Messenger Service ads, the best bet is to simply stop the "Messenger" service all together. Almost nobody uses it besides businesses so there's no reason to have it enabled on home or SOHO machines. Cleaning cookies and temporary files is easy enough. Cookies and the bulk of other Internet-related files are stored in C:\Documents and Settings\UserName\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files for users using IE. Not sure about Mozilla/Firefox. If you take and/or use parts of PopupKiller make sure you read the GPL very closely before trying to sell your product. "Open source" does not mean "free for the taking to do whatever you want with".

Thanks Dr. Nick for the post. I appreciate your concern regarding this. I actually regret saying anything about "marketing" anything. Right now this browser I am working on is to be used at work only, but if it turns out to be anything worth while I might consider posting it online as "freeware," while being well aware of any GPL etc. I am not about to be a cheater when it comes to programming. Thanks again for all the infromation. Nate.

Very admirable: "I am not about to be a cheater when it comes to programming." I always say... give credit where credit is due. I also agree with the comment: "but it's the satisfaction of doing it yourself"... there is no other feeling like developing something from the ground up and having the end product be useful for the masses.