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Tal Shachar - 04 Nov 2006 07:35 GMT

Hi,
I'm building a windows application that needs to identify if the user has an
opened browser, and if so - get the current open page(s) address.
The problem is that I can get the iexplore.exe process, but I can't find how
to get the address of the web page it currently displays.
Is there an API for the Microsoft Internet Explorer I can use? Does anyone
know how to get this done?
Appreciate all the help I can get.

TIA,
- Tal.

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Mattias Sjögren - 05 Nov 2006 14:25 GMT

>Is there an API for the Microsoft Internet Explorer I can use?

Yes, a COM based one. Reference Shdocvw.dll and look at the
ShellWindows collection.

Mattias

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Tal Shachar - 05 Nov 2006 18:46 GMT

Hello Mattias,
Thanks a lot for the reply. I tried to use this class (did you mean the
ShellWindowsClass ? ), but did not understand how can I find the web address
of the open browser. Can you please assist with me directions?

TIA,
- Tal.

> >Is there an API for the Microsoft Internet Explorer I can use?
>
> Yes, a COM based one. Reference Shdocvw.dll and look at the
> ShellWindows collection.
>
> Mattias

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Mattias Sjögren - 05 Nov 2006 23:30 GMT

>Thanks a lot for the reply. I tried to use this class (did you mean the
>ShellWindowsClass ? ), but did not understand how can I find the web address
>of the open browser. Can you please assist with me directions?

Check the LocationURL property.

foreach (InternetExplorer ie in new ShellWindows())
{
Console.WriteLine(ie.LocationURL);
}

Note that this will also list Explorer windows.

Mattias

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Tal Shachar - 06 Nov 2006 17:26 GMT

Mattias,
Thanks a million for that!!! It is exactly what I needed.
Btw, is it an option to know which of the open browsers is the active one or
the last one that the user browsed (not necessarily the last one that was
opened)?
Thanks again, appreciate your help!
- Tal

> >Thanks a lot for the reply. I tried to use this class (did you mean the
>>ShellWindowsClass ? ), but did not understand how can I find the web
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>
> Mattias

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