Get url from web browser
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Not a complete example yet, this shows how to extract the text in the address bar of an IE instance: http://www.improve.dk/blog/2007/04/03/getting-text-from-handle
You will need to get a handle to that window before you can get the text.
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[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr FindWindowEx(IntPtr parentHandle,
IntPtr childAfter, string className, IntPtr windowTitle);
[DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd,
int msg, int wParam, StringBuilder ClassName);
private static string GetURL(IntPtr intPtr, string programName, out string url)
{
string temp=null;
if (programName.Equals("chrome"))
{
var hAddressBox = FindWindowEx(intPtr, IntPtr.Zero, "Chrome_OmniboxView", IntPtr.Zero);
var sb = new StringBuilder(256);
SendMessage(hAddressBox, 0x000D, (IntPtr)256, sb);
temp = sb.ToString();
}
if (programName.Equals("iexplore"))
{
foreach (InternetExplorer ie in new ShellWindows())
{
var fileNameWithoutExtension = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(ie.FullName);
if (fileNameWithoutExtension != null)
{
var filename = fileNameWithoutExtension.ToLower();
if (filename.Equals("iexplore"))
{
temp+=ie.LocationURL + " ";
}
}
}
}
if (programName.Equals("firefox"))
{
DdeClient dde = new DdeClient("Firefox", "WWW_GetWindowInfo");
dde.Connect();
string url1 = dde.Request("URL", int.MaxValue);
dde.Disconnect();
temp = url1.Replace("\"","").Replace("\0","");
}
url = temp;
return temp;
}
Please follow these steps to run this code. Add Link> Com> Microsoft.Internet.Controls from VS.NET in your project
Download bin from http://ndde.codeplex.com/ for DdeClient class and add it to your project
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