I was helping a friend with his Tripod* site a few days ago, and soon I was very annoyed by the multitude of popup windows. I suggested he install Mozilla, but he didn't want to install such a big package for one day. Then I suggested he install the Google toolbar, but he balked at that too. Finally, I suggested I create a quick popup blocker with Perl, which was already installed, and he said "Fine!" with a touch of irritation in his voice.

So I did, and just a few minutes later, here's the result:

#!perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Win32::OLE qw/EVENTS/;
use Win32::OLE::Variant;

my $ie = Win32::OLE->CreateObject('InternetExplorer.Application', 'Qui
+t')
    or die "Can't start IE", Win32::OLE::LastError();

$ie->{Visible} = 1;
$|++;

Win32::OLE->WithEvents($ie, 'main', 'DWebBrowserEvents2');
$ie->GoHome;
Win32::OLE->MessageLoop();


sub NewWindow2 {
    my ($self, $browser, $cancel) = @_;
    $cancel->Put(1);
    print "$self->{LocationURL} tried to open a new window!\n";
}

sub OnQuit {
    Win32::OLE->QuitMessageLoop;
}

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Okay, it has some features (read limitations ;). It will block all new windows (even when you use the "Open in New Window" context menu) and it only works on the instance of IE that it started.

* Note - Tripod upgraded to 5.8 :) - but without any core modules :(

In reply to Popup blocker for IE by jsprat

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