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Problem in using AxWebBrowser component in C# application

I have a C# windows application form which embeds a AxWebBrowser component in it.
I specified the html file URL(a.html) in the navigate method of the component.

In the body onload method of the a.html I have a automatic redirect to some other html file(b.html).

Now I want to capture the text or the html of the redirected html file(b.html) . I cannot specify this file name(b.html) in the navigate method as I have to pass some parameters from the first file so I can specify only the first file name(a.html) in the navigate method of the AxWebBrowser component.

I did try with the following code. I try to use the navigate event of the AxWebBrowser component

private void axWebBrowser1_NavigateComplete2(object sender, AxSHDocVw.DWebBrowserEvents2_NavigateComplete2Event e)
            {
                  doc = (mshtml.IHTMLDocument2)axWebBrowser1.Document;
                  MessageBox.Show(doc.body.innerText.ToString());

            }

The above method is retrieving only the contents of the a.html. Is there a way to retrieve the contents of the b.html without actually specifying the url of b.html file in the navigate method.

Or is there a way in C# to use the HTTPWebResponse related objects to accomplish the above scenario(Get the contents of the second html file automatically).

Somebody please help in this.

AGBrown

I don't know about the AxWebBrowser autoredirecting, but you can definitely do this with the HttpWebRequest etc objects. When you say "there is an automatic redirect" is that a 302 response from the browser, or is it a meta http-equiv="REFRESH" tag in the page head? If it is a 302 then the HttpWebRequest method is very simple. Either way I can post a quick example if you want it.

Andy

felixmosesj

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Andy,
It is not refresh tag and I am not sure about the 302 redirect. The code in the a.html file is this

function postForm()
            {
                   document.Form1.submit();
            }

<body onload="postForm();" MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout">
            <form id="Form1" name="Form1" method="post" action="https://localhost/b.html" language="javascript" id="Form1">
Some important Statements Here
</form>
</body>

Now I want to get the response of the b.html file. Directly I should not get the response of the b.html. First my a.html file should load and then it gets automatically redirected to b.html and finally I should get the text or html content of b.html file. If possible please post a sample code.

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