how can i read cookie generated by web browser from activex control - visual-c++

I want to read and fetch the contents of a cookie generated by web browser from activex control. I dont want to read the cookie from javascript and pass it to activex control. I want read the cookie directly from activex control. If it is possible then suggest me the APIs for that and also same thing I have to achieve using NPAPI also (so please suggest APIs in here also). So looking forward for some positive answers.

What you can do is
1) hook up Web Browser events, using for example this sample How to sink HTML document events for WebBrowser host
2) once you get a hold on the loaded IHTMLDocument2 document interface, just read the value of the cookie property:
CComPtr<IHTMLDocument2> pDoc // get document from event as shown in the sample.
// read the cookie
CComBSTR cookie;
hr = pDoc->get_cookie(&cookie);
More on this here: Handling HTML Element Events
Note: for NSAPI I suggest you write another question with other tags as this is a totally different world.

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Enforce print-only document on the web

I need to provide printable documents without any ability (or a very minimized ability) of the user to view or download them.
I don't even have to render the document. They could just click a text link and have it blindly print to a printer.
This can be done using native applications, but it would be far better to provide this feature from a web interface.
Some points:
I can encrypt the document on the server so the HTTP GET response is garbled. The client could fetch a dynamic key from the server just before print to re-assemble the data. This would prevent snooping through a web inspector.
I could demand the use of a browser extension that sends print jobs without presenting print preview windows.
What other ways could a user get the document? What else should I be thinking with preventing?

Communicating between IFRAME and an entity

I couldn't make a request to a remote server using JavaScript in the onload function due to access is denied insanity. So, just to make CRM obey, I set up an IFRAME and connect that to a HTML page running my JavaScript. Now, provided that I get some values inside the script (run in an IFRAME) how can I communicate them to a method in the holding parent?
Not quite sure how to explain it more detailed so please feel free to ask.
The access is denied is the Same Origin Policy. You're going to run into the same problem from the IFRAME unless you're serving the page or just the script src from the same server you're subsequently trying to make the AJAX request to.
Assuming you are doing the latter then you just need to make sure you have unchecked the "Restrict cross-frame scripting" option on the IFRAME you added to the CRM form. From the IFRAME you will now have access to your function that you've defined at global scope on the parent CRM form via window.parent.yourfunctionNameHere(xyz).
postMessage sounds like it might fit.
window.postMessage, when called, causes a MessageEvent to be dispatched at the target window when any pending script that must be executed completes (e.g. remaining event handlers if window.postMessage is called from an event handler, previously-set pending timeouts, etc.). The MessageEvent has the type message, a data property which is set to the string value of the first argument provided to window.postMessage, an origin property corresponding to the origin of the main document in the window calling window.postMessage at the time window.postMessage was called, and a source property which is the window from which window.postMessage is called.
To use window.postMessage, an event listener must be attached:
// Internet Explorer
window.attachEvent('onmessage',receiveMessage);
// Opera/Mozilla/Webkit
window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);
And a receiveMessage function must be declared:
function receiveMessage(event) {
// do something with event.data;
}
The off-site iframe must also send events properly via postMessage:
<script>window.parent.postMessage('foo','*')</script>
Any window may access this method on any other window, at any time, regardless of the location of the document in the window, to send it a message. Consequently, any event listener used to receive messages must first check the identity of the sender of the message, using the origin and possibly source properties. This cannot be understated: Failure to check the origin and possibly source properties enables cross-site scripting attacks.
Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.postMessage
Recently I had the joy of connecting to a web service and retrieve some data. When that’s been achieved, I found myself sitting on the said data not exactly knowing where to put it.
To make the long story short, I used the following source code.
parent.window.Xrm.Page.data.entity.attributes
.get("new_Konrad").setValue("Viltersten");
Notable is the fact that in order to communicate with the parent form, the HTML file (where my JavaScript resided), needed to be placed as a web resource within the CRM structure. By other words, just by pointing to an external “http://some.where/some.thing” we can consume a service but won’t be able to convey the obtained information up the CRM server, at least not when developing a solution for the on-line version.

Google Chrome Extension - prevent cookie on jquery ajax request or Use a chome.extension

I have a great working chrome extension now.
It basically loops over a list of HTML of a web auction site, if a user has not paid for to have the image shown in the main list. A default image is shown.
My plugin use a jQuery Ajax request to load the auction page and find the main image to display as a thumbnail for any missing images. WORKS GREAT.
The plugin finds the correct image url and update the HTML Dom to the new image and sets a new width.
The issue is, that the auction site tracks all pages views and saves it to a "recently viewed" section of the site "users can see any auctions they have clicked on"
ISSUE
- My plugin uses ajax and the cookies are sent via the jQuery ajax request. I am pretty sure I cannot modify the cookies in this request so the auction site tracks the request and for any listing that has a missing image this listing is now shown in my "recently viewed" even though I have not actually navigated to it.
Can I remove cookies for ajax request (I dont think I can)
Can chrome remove the cookie (only for the ajax requests)
Could I get chrome to make the request (eg curl, with no cookie?)
Just for the curious.
Here is a page with missing images on this auction site
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/SearchResults.aspx?searchType=all&searchString=toaster&type=Search&generalSearch_keypresses=9&generalSearch_suggested=0
Thanks for any input, John.
You can use the webRequest API to intercept and modify requests (including blanking headers). It cannot be used to modify requests which are created within the context of a Chrome extension though. If you want to use this API for cookie-blanking purposes, you have to load the page in a non-extension context. Either by creating a new tab, or use an off-screen tab (using the experimental offscreenTabs API.
Another option is to use the chrome.cookie API, and bind a onChanged event. Then, you can intercept cookie modifications, and revert the changes using chrome.cookies.set.
The last option is to create a new window+tab in Incognito mode. This method is not reliable, and should not be used:
The user can disallow access to the Incognito mode
The user could have navigated to the page in incognito mode, causing cookie fields to be populated.
It's disruptive: A new window is created.
Presumably this AJAX interaction is being run from a content script? Could you run it from the background page instead and pass the data to the content script? I belive the background page operates in a different context and shouldn't send the normal cookies.

set cutom user agent in web browser control when navigating to a single page

How can I set a custom user agent for a webbrowser control? The control is loading a page where I need to spoof it. I am using c sharp.
This has been asked many times on here. I suggest searching for a solution next time before posting a new question, but you can easily do this by using the WebBrowser control's Navigate() method. Just note that this will only work when you use this method, after you navigate to another page, it will "reset".
webBrowser1.Navigate("http://yoursite.com", "_self", null, "User-Agent: Custom User Agent string");
Also, other header information can be included in the header parameter as well. More information can be found here.
Microsoft's official way to customize the User Agent is to implement the IOleControl::OnAmbientPropertyChange event to respond to DISPID_AMBIENT_USERAGENT requests (but does not affect Navigate() or a page's DOM), or use UrlMkSetSessionOption(URLMON_OPTION_USERAGENT).

Cross-domain iframe communication in Opera

I have need to communicate between two iframes of the same domain, which live inside a parent page on a different domain that I have no control over.
This is a Facebook app and the basic layout is this
apps.facebook.com/myapp
L iframe1 (src='mysite.com/foo')
L iframe2 (src='mysite.com/bar')
I need frame1 to talk to frame2, but in Opera I can't access window.parent.frames['frame2']
to do the usual cross-domain methods (updating location.hash for example)
Is there an alternate way to accomplish this in Opera?
Thanks for your help in advance
Did you try using HTML5 web messaging. It is quite well supported currently by recent versions of browsers.
iframe.contentWindow.postMessage('Your message','http://mysite.com');
The postMessage property will need the origin http://mysite.com.
Generally no. Same Origin Policy denies you the possibility of communicating upwards to the parent, which would be necessary to then step downwards to the other frame. This is true in any browser.
If the parent document has given your frame-to-be-contacted a unique name, there is a limited form of communication possible with it by getting the user to click a link with href="otherurl#message" target="name", which will navigate the target frame by changing the hash without reloading the page, as long as the URL matches exactly. In Mozilla you can also do this with a form target, allowing you to script its submission (since link clicking cannot be automated), but not in Opera. Probably not much use... don't know if FB gives you a frame target name in any case.
You can make a communication channel between scripts in the same domain by using cookies(*): one script writes a session cookie, the other script polls for changes to document.cookie to find messages in it. But it's super-ugly and requires some annoying work to control signalling which messages are meant for whom when there are multiple documents open simultaneously. And there are further limitations for cookies in third-party frames (you will probably need to write a P3P policy to get IE to co-operate).
(*: or, presumably, HTML5 web storage, where available.)
As others have said, use window.postMessage. But instead of using window.parent.frames['frame2'], try window.parent.frames[x] where x is the position in the node list of the other iframe.
You can see an example of doing this across origins here: http://webinista.s3.amazonaws.com/postmessage

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