vb.net webbroswser control

[Tehdead]

Hey guys I was hoping someone on here could help me out. I've never really messed with the webbrowser control but I was wondering if there was away to copy an image as its being loaded on a web page and save it to a local location. I can't use the url of the image becuase once the image is produce on the screen it gets deleted from the database. I don't want to insult anyone's intelligents and assume you know what I mean just wanted to make sure that wasn't a variable.

Anyway thanks again in advance for your help

Tehdead

[CoffeeFiend]

I'm not sure why you'd use a web browser control for this. Send a HTTP request for the page that serves the said picture, parse the resulting HTML, find the proper image tag (inside some div or whatever), and make a second HTTP request to get (download) it. It only takes a few minutes to write something like this in just about any language.

[Tehdead]

I'm not sure why you'd use a web browser control for this. Send a HTTP request for the page that serves the said picture, parse the resulting HTML, find the proper image tag (inside some div or whatever), and make a second HTTP request to get (download) it. It only takes a few minutes to write something like this in just about any language.

Thanks for trying to help but has I said before once the "picture" is loaded on to the clients screen the picture is deleted from the servers database so even with the full url to download it with it will not exist.

[CoffeeFiend]

Thanks for trying to help but has I said before once the "picture" is loaded on to the clients screen the picture is deleted from the servers database so even with the full url to download it with it will not exist.

Trying?

The picture doesn't get displayed from nowhere. The URL to the image *must* be in the markup or the browser couldn't get it in order to display it. Yes, it might be deleted (or the URL to it invalid) after one download, but it would work for sure.

It's not magic... Pretty trivial really. No need for any browser controls for this, just basic understanding of HTTP & HTML.

[Tehdead]

Thanks for trying to help but has I said before once the "picture" is loaded on to the clients screen the picture is deleted from the servers database so even with the full url to download it with it will not exist.

Trying?

The picture doesn't get displayed from nowhere. The URL to the image *must* be in the markup or the browser couldn't get it in order to display it. Yes, it might be deleted (or the URL to it invalid) after one download, but it would work for sure.

It's not magic... Pretty trivial really. No need for any browser controls for this, just basic understanding of HTTP & HTML.

I suppose I should just tell you that the "picture" is a CAPTCHA which gets created dynamically and then once said page is loaded. Then the CAPTCHA gets deleted so the url leading to the CAPTCHA is invalid. This is why when you refresh a page with a CAPTCHA on it you get a new CAPTCHA because the other one doesn't exist anymore. Seeing as everything packet wise is encrypted I can't see any way around not using a webbrowser control.

[CoffeeFiend]

Sounds like you're trying to make a CAPTCHA cracker. We don't give help for such things on here. Check the forum rules.

Edited September 26, 2008 by crahak

[PC_LOAD_LETTER]

Sounds like you're trying to make a CAPTCHA cracker. We don't give help for such things on here. Check the forum rules.

for the record, i dont think that we have a rule against circumventing web protection systems such as captcha.

it doesnt matter though, captchas are useless against a determined user anyways. it just depends on the complexity of the captcha code and if the user is willing to invest in writing enough code to decode it.

[jcarle]

for the record, i dont think that we have a rule against circumventing web protection systems such as captcha.

it doesnt matter though, captchas are useless against a determined user anyways. it just depends on the complexity of the captcha code and if the user is willing to invest in writing enough code to decode it.

Even if there's no rule directly written about this, it's against the MSFN spirit.

[Tehdead]

Ok it seems I should have give more detail about my project my origanal fear was once I said that the picture was a CAPTCHA that some one would scream "Cracker" which seemed to have happened.

I've made a AIM client for a school project and wanted to make a "Create Screen Name" extension were are person could skip all the hassle of going to the site. I made it quick and easy cutting out the retyping password and things like that. What I want to do is grab the CAPTCHA picture and load it into a picturebox so that the person could type in the information. Then there would be no need for the webbrowser to be seen speeding up the process further.

Now I've gotten everthing else working as far as filling the inputs for your screen name, password, ect. but I still haven't figured out just how to grab it.

Is there away to copy the image bit by bit while its being loaded via the webbrowser control. Or does anyone have a method that could be combined with a webbrowser control because in the end I still need the webbrowser control to submit the reset of the information.

Side note*

just like to thank the moderators for allowing me to explain my situation.

Edited September 27, 2008 by Tehdead