Looking for ideas as to how I could do this.....

[Jim]

Hello,

I would like to find every occurrence of the string "://" in the index.dat
files which store the ie history. Once a line is identified as containing
this string, I would process (i.e. parse) that line to put the data into a
datatable. (note that I already have a function which identifies the correct
index.dat files by accessing the registry).

Additionally, I would like to be able to process multiple files concurrently
(i.e. on it's own thread).

I had a function that was working on windows xp/2000 machines which was
creating a new process, and then having it execute the DOS cmd.exe with a
find command to extract the information. However, this would only process
one file at a time, AND it would not work on windows me systems because the
cmd.exe does not exist on that platform. When I tried to convert it to have
the process use COMMAND.COM, I get errors in the find command.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I could do this?

Thanks!

Jim

[Ken Tucker [MVP]]

Hi,

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolde r.History) is the path to
the folder which contains the internet history

Ken

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"Jim" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:uN**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
Hello,

I would like to find every occurrence of the string "://" in the index.dat
files which store the ie history. Once a line is identified as containing
this string, I would process (i.e. parse) that line to put the data into a
datatable. (note that I already have a function which identifies the correct
index.dat files by accessing the registry).

Additionally, I would like to be able to process multiple files concurrently
(i.e. on it's own thread).

I had a function that was working on windows xp/2000 machines which was
creating a new process, and then having it execute the DOS cmd.exe with a
find command to extract the information. However, this would only process
one file at a time, AND it would not work on windows me systems because the
cmd.exe does not exist on that platform. When I tried to convert it to have
the process use COMMAND.COM, I get errors in the find command.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I could do this?

Thanks!

Jim

[Jim]

Ken,

I already have a list of file names... how can I write a routine that will
search for the string "://" in each of the index.dat files, and extract each
line that has the string in it?

Jim

"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb***@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi,

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolde r.History) is the path
to
the folder which contains the internet history

Ken

----------------------

"Jim" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:uN**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
Hello,

I would like to find every occurrence of the string "://" in the index.dat
files which store the ie history. Once a line is identified as containing
this string, I would process (i.e. parse) that line to put the data into a
datatable. (note that I already have a function which identifies the
correct
index.dat files by accessing the registry).

Additionally, I would like to be able to process multiple files
concurrently
(i.e. on it's own thread).

I had a function that was working on windows xp/2000 machines which was
creating a new process, and then having it execute the DOS cmd.exe with a
find command to extract the information. However, this would only process
one file at a time, AND it would not work on windows me systems because
the
cmd.exe does not exist on that platform. When I tried to convert it to
have
the process use COMMAND.COM, I get errors in the find command.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I could do this?

Thanks!

Jim

[Ben van der Merwe]

You can check out a well written vbs solution at:
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems...plorer_Spy.asp

The download is free:
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems.../IEspy_src.zip

ben

"Jim" wrote:

Ken,

I already have a list of file names... how can I write a routine that will
search for the string "://" in each of the index.dat files, and extract each
line that has the string in it?

Jim

"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb***@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi,

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolde r.History) is the path
to
the folder which contains the internet history

Ken

----------------------

"Jim" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:uN**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
Hello,

I would like to find every occurrence of the string "://" in the index.dat
files which store the ie history. Once a line is identified as containing
this string, I would process (i.e. parse) that line to put the data into a
datatable. (note that I already have a function which identifies the
correct
index.dat files by accessing the registry).

Additionally, I would like to be able to process multiple files
concurrently
(i.e. on it's own thread).

I had a function that was working on windows xp/2000 machines which was
creating a new process, and then having it execute the DOS cmd.exe with a
find command to extract the information. However, this would only process
one file at a time, AND it would not work on windows me systems because
the
cmd.exe does not exist on that platform. When I tried to convert it to
have
the process use COMMAND.COM, I get errors in the find command.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I could do this?

Thanks!

Jim

[Ben van der Merwe]

You can check out a well written vbs solution at:
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems...plorer_Spy.asp

The download is free:
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems.../IEspy_src.zip

ben

"Jim" wrote:

Ken,

I already have a list of file names... how can I write a routine that will
search for the string "://" in each of the index.dat files, and extract each
line that has the string in it?

Jim

"Ken Tucker [MVP]" <vb***@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...

Hi,

Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolde r.History) is the path
to
the folder which contains the internet history

Ken

----------------------

"Jim" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:uN**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
Hello,

I would like to find every occurrence of the string "://" in the index.dat
files which store the ie history. Once a line is identified as containing
this string, I would process (i.e. parse) that line to put the data into a
datatable. (note that I already have a function which identifies the
correct
index.dat files by accessing the registry).

Additionally, I would like to be able to process multiple files
concurrently
(i.e. on it's own thread).

I had a function that was working on windows xp/2000 machines which was
creating a new process, and then having it execute the DOS cmd.exe with a
find command to extract the information. However, this would only process
one file at a time, AND it would not work on windows me systems because
the
cmd.exe does not exist on that platform. When I tried to convert it to
have
the process use COMMAND.COM, I get errors in the find command.

Does anyone have any ideas as to how I could do this?

Thanks!

Jim