How can I access the content within a browser window?

[pcmech007]

I need some way to programmatically access and parse the text data that is downloaded into an instance of IE browser. I would prefer to use VB6 to do this.

I'm betting the answer lies somewhere within the IE dom, which I'm no expert on.

Even better yet, is there a way to access the entire html code (script code, tags, text and all) and then activate a filter to access just the text that is displayed to the user?

Any ideas appreciated!

[BBA]

What OS?

You can look in temp internet files.

To find that temp files folder, basically, just identify one item on the webpage...like a SWF for example, then go to a command prompt and type: "cd\" and then type "dir /s *.swf" that will find any swf file, in a hidden temp folder or not. You can then use explorer to open that folder by typing the full folder name in the address bar. Once the folder is accessed, all temp files will be there ( that means the http page and all elements of it will be in that folder )

You can then save anything from the page to anywhere you want.

[pcmech007]

Thanks BBA, I hadn't really considered accessing the webpage's data by opening it into a file, but there's got to be that IE can share its data with an outside com object. In the mean time, I'll do that - open saved htm file and parse it.

[dragonB]

html is basically a text file. You can read anything out of an html file, just like you would a text file.

[strangerstill]

http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/worksh...tml/mshtml.asp
This applies more to C/C++, but I imagine it'll be useful.

Aha! found the references you need:

• Microsoft Internet Controls (shdocvw.dll)
• Microsoft HTML Internet Library (mshtml.tlb)

There might be more, just take a look at those you have available.

[pcmech007]

Well I sort of figured out a solution to my own problem. Here's a link to another forum where I explained what I did, just incase anyone cares.

http://www.vbip.com/forum/topic.asp?id=107#7377