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Grab the current URL from IE

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Submitted on: 8/6/2000 11:39:07 AM
By: Bryan Hammond  
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: By 5 Users
Compatibility: Delphi 5, Delphi 4
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     This code will show you how to find the Internet Explorer browser window, then grab the current URL out of the IE address bar. Perfect for learning simple win32 api functions in delphi.

 
 
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Function GetText(WindowHandle: hwnd):string;
var
txtLength : integer;
buffer: string;
begin
 TxtLength := SendMessage(WindowHandle, WM_GETTEXTLENGTH, 0, 0);
 txtlength := txtlength + 1;
 setlength (buffer, txtlength);
 sendmessage (WindowHandle,wm_gettext, txtlength, longint(@buffer[1]));
 result := buffer;
end;
 
function GetURL:string;
var
ie,toolbar,combo,
comboboxex,edit,
worker,toolbarwindow:hwnd;
begin
  ie := FindWindow(pchar('IEFrame'),nil);
  worker := FindWindowEx(ie,0,'WorkerA',nil);
  toolbar := FindWindowEx(worker,0,'rebarwindow32',nil);
  comboboxex := FindWindowEx(toolbar, 0, 'comboboxex32', nil);
  combo := FindWindowEx(comboboxex,0,'ComboBox',nil);
  edit := FindWindowEx(combo,0,'Edit',nil);
  toolbarwindow := FindWindowEx(comboboxex, 0, 'toolbarwindow32', nil);
 
  result := GetText(edit);
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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
begin
showmessage(GetURL);
end;


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1/8/2003 10:26:03 PM

Has anybody tried this with different versions of IE? For example, does it work only with IE5, or also with IE4 and IE6?
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4/24/2003 10:38:51 PM

try changing 'WorkerA' to 'WorkerW' in the worker := line. Not sure yet if it's the version of windows or IE that changed this...

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9/4/2003 2:46:31 AMPuskai Zoltan

You could also use an EnumWindows to get the URL-s from all IE-s.
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4/26/2004 6:48:49 AM

To which instance of IE does this example connect, if more than one browser window is opened?
And how can I always connect to the current (last) opened browser window?
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6/6/2005 10:08:19 PM

XXXXA should be used on not unicode compliant windows oses likes Windows 95,98 etc and on unicode enabled oses replace A with W. Remember WorkerA or WorkerW doesn't have something related to IE version. To obtain all of the opened IEs URL use EnumWindows callback function and cheers.

Regards
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2/24/2008 2:33:48 AMtinty

thank's ^_^
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