C#: How to copy the text on a webpage to a textbox?

[kytro360]

Hey I am trying to save a certain piece of text on a page and display it in a textbox.

Here is what I am working with but its not working:

 Clipboard.Clear();
                webBrowser1.Focus();
                SendKeys.SendWait("^(c)");
                txtBoxEmail.Text = Clipboard.GetText();

Im also working with:

webBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("addyForm:addressSelect").Equals(txtBoxEmail.Text);

 

[goku93]

ok im no a c# guy, im vb.net guy but is almost the same
First what do you want to save?, you can use the webbrowser control and getelementby id or tagname

 

[kytro360]

Well I want to copy the email that 10minutemail.com generates and copy it into a textbox. Whats the code for getelementbyid to save it? I tried (as you can see in my first post) but it didnt work.

You can post your code in VB.Net I can always convert it

 

[goku93]

Ah ok is pretty easy the code is this:

 Dim inputs As HtmlElementCollection = WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementsByTagName("input")
        For Each input As HtmlElement In inputs
            If input.GetAttribute("id") = "addyForm:addressSelect" Then
                textbox1.text = input.GetAttribute("value")
            End If
        Next

Or

  textbox1.text = WebBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("addyForm:addressSelect").GetAttribute("value")

if u want i can explain it xD well i will try

 

[kytro360]

Both codes didnt work, strange o.0. Im fairly sure I have the right ID because Im using a Web ID Extractor and its never given me the wrong ID before.

 

[goku93]

hmmm that's very rare because i've tested the codes before post it... and the ID is correct BTW you can use firebug for firefox if u want to know ids...etc or if u use chrome just right click and inspect element.

Hahaha C# is almost the same xD i created a project in C#, try it, add a webbrowser, 1 button and a textbox with the defaults name:

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            webBrowser1.Navigate("http://10minutemail.com/10MinuteMail/index.html");
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            textBox1.Text = webBrowser1.Document.GetElementById("addyForm:addressSelect").GetAttribute("value");
        }
    }
}

 

[kytro360]

Nevermind I fixed the issue. I had the code in some if/then statements so I removed it then moved it to the documentcompleted event and now it works. Thanks ^.^

 

[goku93]

D: lol ok ^_^

 

[kytro360]

Hey goku93 I have another question. Im making a program that registers on sites. I have like three textfiles, firstname,lastname,dictionary. How can I make my program populate fields on my program from the text files? I hope that made sense

 

[goku93]

You mean is read a txt file and fill the info in the textbox?

 

[kytro360]

Yes like I want my program to pick random lines from each textfile and populate it to certain fields.

 

[goku93]

Well i searched a little because i have my doubt about this too xD

But here is the code for 1 txt and 1 textbox (you said you want from 3 txt for 3 textbox, so you just need to edit)

 Dim ioFile As New StreamReader("proxies.txt")
    'Generic list for holding the lines
      Dim lines As New List(Of String)
     'Random class to generate our random number
    Dim rnd As New Random()
     'Variable to hold our random line number
    Dim line As Integer
     'Now we loop through each line of our text file
     'adding each line to our list
    While ioFile.Peek <> -1
         lines.Add(ioFile.ReadLine())
     End While

     'Now we need a random number
     line = rnd.Next(lines.Count + 1)
     'Now write out the random line to the TextBox
    TextBox1.AppendText(lines(line).Trim())
     'Close our StreamReader
    ioFile.Close()
     'Dispose of the instance
     ioFile.Dispose()

 

[kytro360]

Hmmm Ill have to edit it a bit cause the code loads the list of "proxies" into a listbox or something then picks a random one to use. Thanks

 

[goku93]

what? lol no xD

the only thing you have to edit is:

 Dim ioFile As New StreamReader("proxies.txt")

proxies.txt for the text file you want to load.

and

TextBox1.AppendText(lines(line).Trim())

and change textbox1 for the name of you textbox. Thats all...

BTW all the text that is with ', is a comment . for ex:
'Generic list for holding the lines

 

[kytro360]

Thanks lol

Can you help me with the portion of the code:

  while (ioFile.Peek !=-1)
            {
                lines.Add(ioFile.ReadLine());
            }

Its returning an error

bump...............

 

[goku93]

Post the error to see what is happening hmm

 

[kytro360]

The error is:

Operator '!=' cannot be applied to operands of type 'method group' and 'int'