How to get IHTMLDocument2 from a HWND

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249232

 

This article shows how to get the IHTMLDocument2 interface from a HWND. If Microsoft Active Accessibility (MSAA) is installed, you can send the WM_HTML_GETOBJECT message to the document's window (with the window class "Internet Explorer_Server") and then pass the result from SendMessage to an MSAA function, ObjectFromLresult , to get a fully marshaled IHTMLDocument2 pointer.

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The following code demonstrates how to allow multiple instances of the Internet Explorer to be registered in the ROT using item moniker.

/  IEHELPER.H


#ifndef __IEHELPER_H_

#define __IEHELPER_H_



#include "resource.h"       // main symbols




/


// CIEHelper


class
 CIEHelper : 

        public
 CComObjectRootEx<CComSingleThreadModel>,

        public
 CComCoClass<CIEHelper, &CLSID_IEHelper>,

        public
 IObjectWithSiteImpl<CIEHelper>,

        public
 IIEHelper

{

public
:

        CIEHelper()

        {

                m_dwROTID = 0;

        }



       ~CIEHelper()

        {

        }



        // IObjectWithSite interface


        STDMETHOD(SetSite)(IUnknown* pUnkSite);



DECLARE_REGISTRY_RESOURCEID(IDR_IEHELPER)



BEGIN_COM_MAP(CIEHelper)

        COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY(IIEHelper)

        COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY(IObjectWithSite)

END_COM_MAP()



// IIEHelper


public
:

        void
 SetROTID(DWORD dwValue)

        {

                m_dwROTID = dwValue;

        }

private
:

        DWORD m_dwROTID;

        void
 ROT_UnRegister();

        void
 ROT_Register();

};



#endif //__IEHELPER_H_




/// IEHELPER.CPP


// IEHelper.cpp : Implementation of CIEHelper




#include "stdafx.h"

#include "IE.h"

#include "IEHelper.h"



#include <initguid.h>

#include <exdisp.h>        // the IID_IWebBrowser is located over there


#include <stdio.h>



/


// CIEHelper


//




// CObjectWithSite Methods


//




STDMETHODIMP CIEHelper::SetSite(IUnknown* pUnkSite)

{

        USES_CONVERSION;



        // remove previously registered object from the table


        ROT_UnRegister();



        // neccessary initialization


        HRESULT hResult = IObjectWithSiteImpl<CIEHelper>::SetSite(pUnkSite);



        // register helper object in the running object table


        ROT_Register();



        return
 hResult;

}



///


//




//


// Private Section


//




const
 static
 TCHAR* szMonikerTemplateName = _T("Browser Helper Object");



//


// register the object in the running object table 


//




void
 CIEHelper::ROT_Register()

{

        CComPtr<IRunningObjectTable> pTable;

        if
(GetRunningObjectTable(0, &pTable) == S_OK)

        {

                CComBSTR bstrItemName;

                CComPtr<IMoniker> pMoniker;

                TCHAR szBuffer[1024];



                sprintf(szBuffer, "%s | %d", szMonikerTemplateName, m_spUnkSite);

                bstrItemName = szBuffer;

                if
(CreateItemMoniker(NULL, bstrItemName, &pMoniker) == S_OK)

                {

                        DWORD dwRegister;

                        if
(pTable->Register(1, (IUnknown*)this
, pMoniker, &dwRegister) == S_OK)

                        {

                                SetROTID(dwRegister);

                                ATLTRACE("IIEHelper: the moniker %s has been registered successfully/n", szBuffer);

                        }

                        else


                        {

                                ATLTRACE("IIEHelper: failed to register
 moniker % s in the ROT/n", szBuffer);

                        }

                }

                else


                {

                        ATLTRACE("IIEHelper: failed to create moniker %s/n", szBuffer);

                }

        }

        else


        {

                ATLTRACE("IIEHelper: Could not retrieve the ROT pointer/n");

        }

}



void
 CIEHelper::ROT_UnRegister()

{

        CComPtr<IRunningObjectTable> pTable;

        if
(GetRunningObjectTable(0, &pTable) == S_OK)

        {

                HRESULT hRes = pTable->Revoke(m_dwROTID);

                ATLTRACE("IIEHelper: ID = %d, result code %x/n", m_dwROTID, hRes);

        }

        SetROTID(0);

}



// IEHELPER.RGS


// The following lines should be included into the self-registration portion of 


// COM application.




...



HKLM

{

        SOFTWARE

        {

                Microsoft

                {

                        Windows

                        {

                                CurrentVersion

                                {

                                        Explorer

                                        {

                                                'Browser Helper Objects'

                                                {

                                                        <CLSID>

                                                }

                                        }

                                }

                        }

                }

        }

}

Having implemented and registered the Browser Helper, an application can now obtain the pointer to a running instance of IE by traversing the ROT.

The following example shows the rough method I used to list the instances of IE:

IRunningObjectTable* pTable;



if
(!FAILED(GetRunningObjectTable(0, &pTable)))

{

        IEnumMoniker* pEnum;

        if
(!FAILED(pTable->EnumRunning(&pEnum)))

        {

                IUnknown* pUnknown;

                IMoniker* pCurMoniker = NULL;

                LPMALLOC pMalloc;

                while
 (pEnum->Next(1, &pCurMoniker, NULL) == S_OK) 

                {

                        if
(!FAILED(pTable->GetObject(pCurMoniker, &pUnknown)))

                        {

                                IObjectWithSite* pSite;

                                if
(!FAILED(pUnknown->QueryInterface(IID_IObjectWithSite, (void
**)&pSite)))

                                {

                                        IDispatch* pDispatch;

                                        if
(pSite->GetSite(IID_IDispatch, (void
**)&pDispatch) == S_OK)

                                        {

                                                CWebBrowserApp browser;

                                             

                                                browser.AttachDispatch(pDispatch);

                                                TRACE("LocationURL: %s/n", browser.GetLocationURL());

                                                        TRACE("LocationName: %s/n", browser.GetLocationName());

                                                browser.DetachDispatch();

                                                pDispatch->Release();

                                        }

                                        pSite->Release();

                                }

                                pUnknown->Release();

                        }

                        pCurMoniker->Release();

                }

                pEnum->Release();

        }

        pTable->Release();

}

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The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library: