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From: Learner on 15 Apr 2006 00:26 Does anyone know a way to get the URL from the Firefox Address Bar? I've seen similar questions archived in Google Groups but no definite answer with any example code. There MUST be a way. I've tried various window-spying apps but none of them have shed any light on it. All I've found is that the Firefox Address Bar seems to be some sort of custom control that the Win32 API can't touch. :(
From: lallous on 16 Apr 2006 17:37 Hello I can suggest a way that is sure to work, but requires you to do some learning first: 1. Learn about plugin development for FireFox and how you can through an FF plugin get the address bar 2. From that plugin, establish IPC (interprocess communication) with your main application and pass to it the address bar URL. HTH Elias "Learner" <learner(a)invalid.com> wrote in message news:444075dd$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... > Does anyone know a way to get the URL from the Firefox Address Bar? > I've seen similar questions archived in Google Groups but no definite > answer with any example code. There MUST be a way. I've tried various > window-spying apps but none of them have shed any light on it. All I've > found is that the Firefox Address Bar seems to be some sort of custom > control that the Win32 API can't touch. :( > >
From: Learner on 16 Apr 2006 21:50 "lallous" <lallous(a)lgwm.org> wrote in message news:4afrplFsveauU1(a)individual.net... > Hello > > I can suggest a way that is sure to work, but requires you to do some > learning first: > > 1. Learn about plugin development for FireFox and how you can through an > FF plugin get the address bar > 2. From that plugin, establish IPC (interprocess communication) with your > main application and pass to it the address bar URL. > > HTH > Elias > "Learner" <learner(a)invalid.com> wrote in message > news:444075dd$1(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au... >> Does anyone know a way to get the URL from the Firefox Address Bar? >> I've seen similar questions archived in Google Groups but no definite >> answer with any example code. There MUST be a way. I've tried various >> window-spying apps but none of them have shed any light on it. All I've >> found is that the Firefox Address Bar seems to be some sort of custom >> control that the Win32 API can't touch. :( Thanks, but it can't be done as a plug-in as I can't install anything on the PC.
From: Alf P. Steinbach on 17 Apr 2006 02:11 * Learner: > > Thanks, but it can't be done as a plug-in as I can't install anything on the > PC. A program you're creating is going to be installed. Think about it. -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is it such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?
From: argusy on 17 Apr 2006 08:13
Oh, Alf, the OP didn't mention anything about writing any programs of any flavour, VB or otherwise, though he did mention "example code" (which could imply he may be able to write/assemble something in some language) His last reply is then confusing. Maybe his PC is controlled by a very tight IT department. Learner, unless you can enlighten those in the newsgroup about what you CAN do, this post could be a bit drawn out My gut feeling is that you may be looking in the wrong newsgroup for an answer, if it's not a Classic Visual Basic answer you require Argusy Alf P. Steinbach wrote: > * Learner: > >> >> Thanks, but it can't be done as a plug-in as I can't install anything >> on the PC. > > > A program you're creating is going to be installed. Think about it. > |