Getting favorites from a browser.

[Steve]

I am trying to build an online bookmark manager and I want to try and
download the favorites in a browser. I know you can do
window.external .AddFavorite but can you do the reverse in any way, to
retrieve them from the browser into a page? I would assume that this
is not possible because of security reasons but there must be some way
of doing it?

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance...

Steve

[Ivo]

Re: Getting favorites from a browser.


"Steve" <stephen_wilcoc k@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9397750b.0 310011323.63ef1 e1c@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> I am trying to build an online bookmark manager and I want to try and
> download the favorites in a browser. I know you can do
> window.external .AddFavorite but can you do the reverse in any way, to
> retrieve them from the browser into a page? I would assume that this
> is not possible because of security reasons[/color]

Correct assumption.
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> but there must be some way of doing it?[/color]

There mustn't.
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> Any ideas?[/color]

Try linking to file:\\C:\WINDO WS\Favorites
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> Thanks in advance...
>
> Steve[/color]

[Ivo]

Re: Getting favorites from a browser.

"Ivo" <no@thank.you > wrote in message news:<3f7b850d$ 0$31254$1b62eed f@news.wanadoo. nl>...[color=blue]
> "Steve" <stephen_wilcoc k@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:9397750b.0 310011323.63ef1 e1c@posting.goo gle.com...[color=green]
> > I am trying to build an online bookmark manager and I want to try and
> > download the favorites in a browser.[/color]
> Try linking to file:\\C:\WINDO WS\Favorites[/color]

On a Mac, try file:///Macintosh%20HD/System/Preferences/Explorer/Favorites.html