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Simple Question about InternetGetCookie
For reading a cookie I found the following code on the internet:
Dim strCookieText As String * 256
Dim blnReturn As Boolean
blnReturn = InternetGetCookie("http://xxxx/xxx.htm", _
"CookieName", strCookieText, 255)
If Not blnReturn Then
MsgBox "Get Cookie Operation Failed", vbCritical
Else
MsgBox strCookieText, vbInformation
End If
I am trying to read a cookie which is written by an asp page (which happens to be our login page). I want to read the cookie by a Visual Basic app which is on the client site. What I fail to understand is what is the first parameter to the InternetGetCookie. How do I read the cookie by a VB app.
Dim strCookieText As String * 256
Dim blnReturn As Boolean
blnReturn = InternetGetCookie("http://xxxx/xxx.htm", _
"CookieName", strCookieText, 255)
If Not blnReturn Then
MsgBox "Get Cookie Operation Failed", vbCritical
Else
MsgBox strCookieText, vbInformation
End If
I am trying to read a cookie which is written by an asp page (which happens to be our login page). I want to read the cookie by a Visual Basic app which is on the client site. What I fail to understand is what is the first parameter to the InternetGetCookie. How do I read the cookie by a VB app.
full sample from microsoft :
HOWTO: Set and Get Cookies for a URL Using WinInet APIs (Q196062)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q196062
HOWTO: Set and Get Cookies for a URL Using WinInet APIs (Q196062)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q196062
ASKER
Yeah I have tried that in fact thats the code I have put. My question is what to put in the first parameter. I have tried that code, but get an error.
The first parameter is url name,followed by cookie name and cookie data.What error are you getting?
I think there must be error in reading from the source file.Did u given the proper path in this?
ASKER
The question is what proper path I should give. This is going to be a VB app which is installed on the clients machine. The way it works is this:
User logs in through an ASP page which writes the cookies.
Now the VB app should read the cookies.
Now you guys tell me what url or proper path I should give.
User logs in through an ASP page which writes the cookies.
Now the VB app should read the cookies.
Now you guys tell me what url or proper path I should give.
The url should be the same url that was written by your asp page.
ASKER
The problem is this url is always going to be different. There are different ways a user can login. I know that it writes the cookies in the profiles folder with a name similar to: <nt userid>@<domain>[2].txt
For e.g. emp001@abc123[2].txt
where emp001=nt userid of the user
abc123= the domain name. e.g. abc123.com
So maybe one way I could do this is try to somehow read this file and then read the cookie information.
But this is going to be real long. Isn't there some way in which if I know the domain name (abc123), it will return me the required cookie information.
Does anybody know how the Wininet api searches the cookie information. How does it know that THIS cookie file is mapped to THIS url.
Thanx.
For e.g. emp001@abc123[2].txt
where emp001=nt userid of the user
abc123= the domain name. e.g. abc123.com
So maybe one way I could do this is try to somehow read this file and then read the cookie information.
But this is going to be real long. Isn't there some way in which if I know the domain name (abc123), it will return me the required cookie information.
Does anybody know how the Wininet api searches the cookie information. How does it know that THIS cookie file is mapped to THIS url.
Thanx.
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may be you can try this :
' If CookieName is omitted, returns all the cookies as
' as semicolon-delimited list of NAME=VALUE pairs
http://www.vb2themax.com/Item.asp?PageID=CodeBank&ID=262
' If CookieName is omitted, returns all the cookies as
' as semicolon-delimited list of NAME=VALUE pairs
http://www.vb2themax.com/Item.asp?PageID=CodeBank&ID=262
ASKER
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ASKER
Superb Vinnyd79
I think you deserve the points.
How did you get this link. Good!!!
I think you deserve the points.
How did you get this link. Good!!!
ASKER
Guys I am deleting this question. Thanx for ur time
http://xxxx/xxx.html - path to the site like : http://www.microsoft.com/default.html
or you can try
http://www.microsoft.com
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q196062