Read the URL of the Browser

Hi Menon,

I am also looking for the same functionality. Can you provide me a code which is ideal and works fine..

Thank you in advance.

Nithin

Yes, it could be used for malicious purposes or other bad things but look at it this way. There is not a way to add scripts to be executed to pages for doing things that the client user wants done. It is possible to put a WebBrowser control in a form and then pages that are browsed to in it can be processed but then many of the features of IE either is not available or must be re-created. Also some web sites do a post-back to open links and then the only way to get (scrape) the information is to monitor the opening of browser windows. So it is entirely possible that there is a very valid reason to monitor browser windows. I hope I am not giving someone with malicious intent a way to justify the need for doing what is requested here, but it is difficult to know.

Forgive me if im so suspective and gone too far,why are you trying to build this application?

What is your purpose? I smell bad things coming from the kitchen

I think it is incorrect to say that there is not something available. Perhaps I don't understaned the requirement but I think there is a solution.

Vinayak, please create a new thread (question) and describe your requirements. In the new thread, tell us if this must work for many browsers, such as IE and Firefox and others or if you need it for just IE. I think I can help you with IE, but please create a new thread. Then in the new thread when your question is answered, please check the checkbox indicating you have an answer.

Hi Satish,

Thanks alot. I will definitely try your code.

I have found something else. That also works. That is the Microsoft Internal Library. Using that i have managed to get my requirement done. I am looking forward now if it is posssible for Mozilla also. I know its bit too much. But just try.

Again Thanks

Regards,

Hi Manon,

there is no builtin functions to implement ur requirement.The solution,what i feel is create a threading's timer and check all processes which is having processname as "iexplore" and get handle for textbox(addressbar) to get its content for every second.i am pasting a sample code here.please,have a look at it.
#region Main
    class Program
    {
        public static Timer t = null;
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            System.Threading.TimerCallback timerDelegate =
                new System.Threading.TimerCallback(CheckAllProcesses);
            t = new System.Threading.Timer(timerDelegate, null, 0, 1000);
            timerDelegate.Invoke(new object());
        }
        #region WIN32 API
        [DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "SendMessage")]
        private static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hwnd, int msg, int wParam, StringBuilder sb);

        [DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "FindWindow")]
        private static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string _ClassName, string _WindowName);

        [DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "FindWindowEx")]
        private static extern IntPtr FindWindowEx(IntPtr _Parent, int _ChildAfter, string _ClassName, string _WindowName);


        public const int WM_GETTEXTLENGTH = 0x000E;
        public const int WM_GETTEXT = 0x000D;
        #endregion
        private static void CheckAllProcesses(object temp)
        {
            int length = 100;
            foreach (Process p in Process.GetProcesses())
            {
                if (p.ProcessName == "iexplore")
                {
                    IntPtr worker = FindWindowEx(p.MainWindowHandle, 0, "WorkerW", null);
                    IntPtr toolbar = FindWindowEx(worker, 0, "rebarwindow32", null);
                    IntPtr comboboxex = FindWindowEx(toolbar, 0, "comboboxex32", null);
                    IntPtr combo = FindWindowEx(comboboxex, 0, "ComboBox", null);
                    IntPtr edit = FindWindowEx(combo, 0, "Edit", null);
                    StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(length + 1);
                    SendMessage(edit, WM_GETTEXT, length + 1, sb);
                    if (sb.ToString().ToLower().IndexOf("google.com") != -1)
                    {
                        Console.WriteLine(sb.ToString());
                        if (sb.ToString().IndexOf("?") != -1)
                        {
                            string parm = sb.ToString().Substring(sb.ToString().IndexOf("?") + 1);
                            Console.WriteLine(parm);
                        }
                    }

                }
            }
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
    #endregion