How to capture highlighted text on a webpage from another application?

[KeithL]

Just interested to find out what are the steps required to capture
highlighted text on a webpage from another application.

Thanks,
Keith
keithl...@mATcablespeed.com
(remove nospam and replace AT with @)

[Leo Chen [MSFT]]

Hi Keith,

You will need to attach to the running instance of IE. Through DOM, we can
get the selected text.

To connect to the IE, please check the article below:

176792 HOWTO: Connect to a Running Instance of Internet Explorer
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=176792

To retrieve the selected text, IHTMLDocument2::selection is what you need.

For more information about MSHTML, please check MSDN:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/browser/mshtml/reference/reference.asp

For samples of using DOM, please check the articles below:

312777 HOW TO: Handle Document Events in a Visual C# .NET Application
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=312777

http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/chtmlview_search.asp

Note: This article is written for VC, but the same concept applies.

Best Regards,
Leo Chen

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

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