Use C # to obtain an HTML document for the current web page of IE browser

This article describes how to obtain an HTML document for the current Web page of IE Explorer.

Create a console application in any version of Visual Studio using. Net version 1|2|3|3.5.

ADD two Com object references which would allow us to manipulate IE.

Create a console program with any version of Visual Studio.

Add 2 COM object references to manipulate IE

Note that the code sample below does not require the using directive for the objects, so just add the code as is.

Then find the instances of IE and extract the document:

Add the following code

Open IE get HTML document

SHDocVw.ShellWindows shellWindows
= new SHDocVw.ShellWindowsClass();
string filename;
foreach (SHDocVw.InternetExplorer ie in shellWindows)
{
filename
= Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(ie.FullName).ToLower();
if (filename.Equals("iexplore"))
{
Console.WriteLine("Web Site　 : {0}", ie.LocationURL);
mshtml.IHTMLDocument2 htmlDoc
= ie.Document as mshtml.IHTMLDocument2;
Console.WriteLine("　 Document Snippet: {0}",
( ( htmlDoc != null ) ? htmlDoc.body.outerHTML.Substring(0, 40)
: "***Failed***" ));
Console.WriteLine("{0}{0}", Environment.NewLine);
}
}

Here is a screen-shot of the output:

Program screenshot: