VB6 - Delete history in browser?

i also noticed something about the browser that VB6 created: i cannot open files from FTP sites (i.e. play an movie file that is on an FTP server.) any ideas on this?

i observed the behavior a little more. when in an FTP site and u try accessing a folder, it opens up in a new window. this time it's in the real I.E. browser. therefore, it is then possible to open up files such as MP3s, images, etc. if the file is still in the browser that i created w VB6, i cannot open these files.

how do i prevent my browser from opening other windows, and how do i get it to open files on an FTP server?

hongjun,

i took a look at your link. i don't think that is what i'm trying to do. i actually want to go into IE history files and delete the ones my browser went into. any more suggestions?

hongjun, the browser sample from the link you provided also makes entries in IE's history files. i don't necessarily need to delete the history files my browser creates; i can settle with preventing it from making entries in the first place, if it's possible.

give this a shot:

http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/internet/deleteurlcache.htm
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/index.html?code/internet/findfirstcacheentry.htm

Richie_Simonetti,

I'm not sure if the above code works in Windows XP. I can get a list of IE's cache, but cannot not delete them for some reason. I am running on Windows XP and can't get it the delete functions to work.

Does anyone know how I can figure out where IE is saving its history? In Window Me, and previous versions of Windows, I believe it was saved in C:\Windows\History. This is not the case in Windows XP. I think there might be a registry setting that directs IE where to store its history. Does anyone know of a VB function that might extract that directory or something?

Looking at hongjun's example, the browser with saves its own history in a text file but still appears in IE's history, perhaps I can do a compare with the text file history and actual IE history and just delete the matches. This way, I would have only deleted the sites that my browser visited, and not everything in IE. The only problem is, how do I know where IE is saving its history files? I want my program to work on all versions of Windows.

Richie_Simonetti,

the code u gave me does not delete the list that comes from IE history, nor does it delete cookies. it does lists them, though.

the program only deletes cache, not the history list. i'm trying to delete the history list. any other suggestions?

thanks.

Thsi url shows how to found where history is located. I am not sure if it would work with XP but you could do a try (i haven't XP, sorry)
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/index.html?http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/search/main/index.html

When you found it, i think it could be easily empty with some loop and Kill function.
Good luck

Please take a look at your link. It looks like you did a search, and gave me the link to the page that showed the search results. Can you give me the link to the exact article?

See the following to get the history folder:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Programming_Languages/Visual_Basic/Q_20360031.html

No idea how to clean invidivual urls in the history list =(
The code of Richie deletes files in the cache but doesn't delete them from the list. Anyway nice code, i'll be using it =)

Mike

mcorrea1976,

the code richie put provides the cache, cookies, and history list. however, i will still look at ur link.

wait a minute, that link was to another one of my questions.

sorry:
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/browse/shpathidlist.htm

Richie,

That doesn't clean individual links. C++ can do it: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/networking/urlhist/iurlhistorystg/deleteurl.asp. I wanted an VB implementation -- or a way to incorporate that into VB.

kiphughes asked to have this question deleted, because he didn't get a satisfying answer.
I will wait for expert input in this matter for 3 days. After that I will close the question.

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PAQ and refund?

better yet now i read this, Richie gave the two pieces to glue something together thought it would take some work but that's what we're paid for :)

get the path to the folder
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/browse/shpathidlist.htm

running through the folder could be done this way
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/code/internet/deleteurlcache.htm
http://www.mvps.org/vbnet/index.html?code/internet/findfirstcacheentry.htm

or just a simple dir function

kiphughes, what did you already try to build here yourself

i'm trying to delete specific URLs from IE's history -- not cache. i've gone to the links about, but they do not solve my problem. the closest solution i could find is referenced at  http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/networking/urlhist/iurlhistorystg/deleteurl.asp -- but i am looking for a VB solution.

There is a type library that implements that interface:

http://www.domaindlx.com/e_morcillo/scripts/type/default.asp

Also related:
http://www.mvps.org/btmtz/_misc/
(Last link of that page)

Did you ever solve this question on your own?  If not, here is a link that solves the problem for how to delete ALL history items in Visual Basic (which is the problem I needed solved for myself).

http://www.codeguru.com/mfc/comments/45982.shtml

I would not have a clue as to how to modify it to meet your specific needs.

No, I have not. Deleting ALL is easy. I only want to delete certain portions of IE's history. It can be done in C++, but I am looking for a VB solution.

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I haven't forgotten this question; I was hoping someone else would post comments to it and resolve my problem. I supposed it's been too long now, though. I didn't get the answer I was hoping for. Please refund points and save as 0-pt PAQ.