Re: Netscape forms using standard windows controls

[dreynol () COLUMBUS RR COM (Derek Reynolds)]

Hello No,

IE and Outlook use a COM interface.  Its not an "Inside Technology".

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 Derek                            mailto:dreynol () columbus rr com

Sunday, May 21, 2000, 5:52:39 AM, you wrote:

NU> This cannot be new - but I just found out. My intention was to write an automatic form filler (if you have to know 
4 sure: to check all nailnews items wiv one click). Forms displayed in netscape
NU> for Win32 use standard windows controls. If you do an EnumChildWindows() on a form, you will get all kinds of 
Button  Edit fields.

NU> IE doesnt do this. You can check out by yourself by pointing Spy++ at IE while its displaying a form: there is just 
one window that you will find, namely "Internet Explorer_Server". This looks
NU> like another one of those "inside technologys" M$ uses to annoy competitors - those things sure look like standard 
controls, but they arent. Anyone know just what they do ? Same in Outlook, btw.

NU> Back to NS: you can easily subclass a window, say, a password edit field - no big deal. If NS reads the form data, 
it will read the contents of the window. So, forms filling can be done but you
NU> can do all kinds of nasty things, too: such as sending the pwd somewhere else, or (if you want to make someones 
life miserably), garble the contents so that all login attempts to secure sites
NU> will fail.

NU> Workarounds: I dont know of any safe way to prevent running windows from being seen by EnumChildWindows() - other 
than the said M$ code - the first (and crucial step) if you want to remotely
NU> subclass a window.