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[uriziel]

Hey guys, I`m new here. Actually, I `ve lurked around for some time.

I`m working on an account creator and I`m using the webbrowser control. My problem is with the captcha. I can parse the captcha link, but with every request, the image changes. So that`s useless..

Is there any way of grabbing the captcha from the webbrowser control?

Thanks for answering!

[perkiset]

This is not my area, so I'd simply like a clarification: are we talking about controlling IE to go get stuff and then you're parsing it?

If you're a C# person isn't there anything that would do this more effectively? Seems like a lot of overhead for that little web call...

[uriziel]

Hi, thanks for answering!

I use the webbrowser control because I can`t be bothered with cookie control,etc. Yes, I am controlling IE .

The webbrowser has a "Document" property which is a htmldocument that I can parse. The problem is  that once I get the page, I also get the captcha. When I try to read the src of the captcha , I get another image , because it`s always changing!

I can`t do it any other way at the moment. I plan on improving and I will certainly learn more sophisticated methods in the future. But now I really need to get this done this way, because I feel it`s the quickest way.

Thanks for answering!

[nop_90]

Copy the image to clipboard

function copyImage(sImgID)
   {
      var ctrlRange = document.body.createControlRange();
      ctrlRange.add(document.all(sImgID));
      ctrlRange.execCommand("Copy");
   }

Then get image from clipboard
Clipboard.GetImage()

It is all done with OLE/COM (or what ever MS calls it now days).
I have no fuking idea how to do it with C#, but those API calls will get u in the right direction.

[uriziel]

Thanks a lot for the code nop! I also have found a way to do it. Your way is much quicker though.

This is what I did, in case someone is looking for the same answers :

Code:

{
            Bitmap bitmap = new Bitmap(webBrowser1.Width, webBrowser1.Height);
            webBrowser1.DrawToBitmap(bitmap, new Rectangle(new Point(),
            webBrowser1.Size));
            pictureBox1.BackgroundImage = CropBitmap(bitmap, 1, 240, 200, 50);
        }

The code for CropBitmap function :

Code:

public Bitmap CropBitmap(Bitmap bitmap, int cropX, int cropY, int cropWidth, int cropHeight)
        {
            Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(cropX, cropY, cropWidth, cropHeight);
            Bitmap cropped = bitmap.Clone(rect, bitmap.PixelFormat);
            return cropped;
        }

What this does is it goes to the webbrowser , creates a bitmap image of the control , it crops the image and then displays it in the picturebox.

[nop_90]

Yah in ur case u are taking a "snapshot" of the browser control.
And then cropping out the image.

That is what i did before i found out about clipboard

[PercWB75]

I think the captcha cannot be copied by anyway possible because I have tried it. There is a captcha provider and they are the one that allows or make the captcha. If you like to have captche for any reason then you should have to register an account to them.