C# communication with web browsers

Tomas Skorvan

Hello
I am write program that write text into text fields in web browser like IE, Firefox or Opera but i dont have any idea as i can communicate with this programs If you have pls help me :D

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Tomas Skorvan15y ago
I know how to navigate through HTML ... That program will run on background and when i will use shortcut program send data to web browser and fill textboxes in registration form but webbrowser isn't a part of my program. I don't know how to get url from browser and how to send data to browser.I must solve that communication between my program an web browser but i don't know if exist some technologies which make easier this programing
Sam Hobbs15y ago
Start with my article Introduction to Web Site Scraping. I hope it helps. It is only relevant to IE but I hope it helps you to get the idea of how to do it.

Next you can write a program that enumerates (lists) IE windows, and you can get the document in each window. Then you can get the URL for each of them to select just the ones you need to process and ignore other windows. Or you could do something to navigate to the site.

Your question is very vague, so my answer is vague. You hopefully will get more specific answers when you provide a more specific description.

I am not familiar with the other browsers but whatever you do using IE, you probably can find an equivalent way to do for the other browsers.
Tomas Skorvan15y ago
It must be c# ....it is bachelor project
Sam Hobbs15y ago
You need to learn about the Document Object Model (DOM). The details of how to use it varies depending on the browser but the DOM is very much alike for all of them. Since you need to do this for all broswers I am not sure whether you will use C# or JavaScript. Do you know?