Reading the cookies set by IE/NN through VB application

[varshney]

Hi All,
I want to know if there is a way so that the VB application can read the cookies set by IE or NN?

Thanx,
Varshney

 

[stoolpigeon]

sure, just go to the appropriate directory, look for the file you want and open it. They are just little text files.

 

[Alt255]

It's fairly simple... depending on the information you want to retrieve from the cookies. The following code just lists the Internet addresses contained in the cookies stored at a certain location.
Add a list box to a form and place the following code in a command button. (Make sure the Cpath$ variable refers to the correct folder.)
[tt]
Cpath$ = "d:\windows\profiles\Alt255\cookies\"
F$ = Dir(Cpath$ & "*.txt&quot
Do While F$ <> &quot;&quot;
ff = FreeFile
Open Cpath$ & F$ For Binary As #ff
A$ = String$(LOF(ff), 32)
Get #ff, 1, A$
Close
Va = Split(A$, Chr$(10))
If UBound(Va) > 1 Then
Found = False
For Re = 1 To List1.ListCount
If Va(2) = List1.List(Re) Then
Found = True
Exit For
End If
Next
If Found = False Then List1.AddItem Va(2)
End If
F$ = Dir
Loop
[/tt]
Remember that cookies are just text files. This little sub simply gets the third line from every *.TXT file in the designated folder.