Proxy Switcher actually support Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera. Normally this is enough, because most applications can use the Internet Explorer proxy settings.
If you now have an application with its own proxy configuration, you can create your own switcher for this app, so it can be automatically managed by Proxy Switcher.
In this article I will show you, how to do it..
Implementation
First of all, you need to create a new class library project in Visual Studio 2008. Its also possible to use the free version Visual Studio 2008 Express (C# or VB.NET).
Next, you need to add a reference to ProxySwitcher.Shared.dll. The base class is contained in this assembly.
Next, rename the Class1.cs file in DemoSwitcher.cs for example. This class now needs to inherit from SwitcherBase class. Therefore you will also need a using statement:
All necessary methods can be automatically created by using the SmartTag which appears if you have SwitcherBase completely typed in. These methods are “DisableProxy”, “EnableProxy” and the property “Name”.
The name property returns the name of this switcher which is later shown in the Proxy Switcher UI.
Enable and Disable should be self-explanatory. Within these methods you can access this.CurrentProxyEntry to retrieve the proxy settings which should be activated/deactivated.
This is the minimal needed code.
Advanced
If you want to do a little bit more, you can create a settings dialog or load/save configurations specially needed for your switcher:
Deployment
After you code is complete, the project needs to be compiled. The assembly (for me "PSDemoSwitcher.dll") now have to be copied to the Proxy Switcher folder, normally “C:\Program Files\ProxySwitcher”.
If you now start Proxy Switcher, your newly created switcher should appear in the "Application" tab.
Download:
The documented sample code can be downloaded here.