What is the best way to open a URL in a IE BHO in VB.Net?

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What is the best way to open a URL in a IE BHO in VB.Net?
VB.Net, BHO, Internet Explorer 
Alexander Desuasido




Posts: 78
 Joined: 2009-04-03
I am new to VB.Net and looking for the best way to get source from a given URL.

I am hoping to accomplish the following:

1. Give Subroutine a URL
2. If URL is a "redirect" page, then iterate through redirects until landing on "final" page
3. If any of the pages visited sets cookies, then set the cookies for the user.
4. Return with String of HTML Source

I have been trying to do this with XMLHTTP, WebRequest, and I am looking for other ways online. If anyone with experience in this has a quick answer, i would greatly appreciate it.


Posted 03 Apr, 2009 17:51:58 Top
Eugene Astafiev


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Hello Alexander,

Please have a look at the Advanced Search sample add-in for IE. You can download its sources http://www.add-in-express.com/products/internet-explorer-search.php.

1. You can use the BeforeNavigate2 or DocumentComplete events.
2. Please see the http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa752133(VS.85).aspx method.
3. You can use the cookie property of the HTMLDocument.
4. You can set any cookie in the Navigate method.
Posted 06 Apr, 2009 09:51:05 Top
5States 5States




Posts: 78
 Joined: 2009-04-03
Eugene:

Big thanks again for the info on IEApp.Navigate!!

What is the protocol when two IEApp.Navigate are called in Add-in Express? In my experiments, the first one does not get called and 2nd one is the only one that is brought to the browser.

If I want a series (more than one, say 2) URLs to be loaded consecutively, what is the best way to accomplish this?

IEApp.Navigate(url1)
IEApp.Navigate(url2)

The above is only loading url2 (perhaps by design, or maybe my testing). Anyone with ideas would be much appreciated!

Have a great day smart people! (yes, I'm talking to you)

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Posted 08 Apr, 2009 20:28:01 Top
Eugene Astafiev


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Hello,

Please note that the browser is smart enough too :-) It looks like it optimizes connections to the server.
Posted 09 Apr, 2009 03:54:29 Top