Reading HTML

[NiceButDim]

Hi,
I want to do the following; periodically check the contents of an IE window (that refreshes every 10 minutes or so) and if the contents are different from the previous check then warn the user. I can use FindWindow to get a handle for the IE window, but can I read the HTML that its displaying?
I would be very grateful for any help on how to do this, if its actually possible.

Thanks

john.

 

[Salem]

Personally, I would use something like 'wget' or 'curl' to download the actual HTML file every 10 minutes, then do a compare between the current and previous files.

If you just read "the window", then you have to contend with scrolling, resizing windows, changing text size - all of which don't depend on the actual HTML data.

In fact, if the web server you're listening to honors the Date properly, then you can just do
[tt]curl --head www.google.com[/tt]
and look at the "Date:" field to determine whether the content has changed or not.

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[NiceButDim]

Thanks for that.

john.

 

[cpjust]

Also, to get the HTML from IE, just click View->Source.

 

[NiceButDim]

Thanks for the reply.
I know about the view->Source in IE, but I need a background task that programatically checks the window's contents. Plus the html is framed, so View->Source by itself doesn't get what I'm after.
Thanks all the same.

john.