Export Web Browser's Favorites To XML File

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Introduction

The article will show you an easy method to export web browser's favorites. As we all know, the function import and export favorites of web browser has been deleted. So we must do this by ourselves.

About the Code

If you want to export the favorites, you must know where they are. They can be found in the *.URL's directory by register. After that, read all the items and get names and URLs. The problem is how to get the URL of *.url files? Actually, it's very easy. "*.url" files are the same as "*.ini" files. So you could manipulate it like you manipulate INI files. Look at the following context:

[DEFAULT]
BASEURL=http://faq.csdn.net/read/196943.html
[InternetShortcut]
URL=http://faq.csdn.net/read/196943.html Modified=D09A951BEAD2CA01A1

Open the *.url files, you will find the snippets.

void CExportDlg::OnExport() 
{
	// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here

	CString strFilePath,favpath;

	// Get the location of favorites.
	HKEY hKEY;
	DWORD type=REG_SZ;
	LPCTSTR path=
	    "Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Explorer\\Shell Folders";
	DWORD cbData=80;
	TCHAR buf[512];

	::RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,path,0,KEY_READ,&hKEY);
	::RegQueryValueEx(hKEY,"Favorites",NULL,&type,(LPBYTE)buf,&cbData);
	::RegCloseKey(hKEY);
	favpath.Format ("%s",buf);
	favpath+="\\*.url";

	GetDlgItem(IDC_EDIT1)->GetWindowText (strFilePath.GetBuffer (256),256);

	BOOL bWorking;
	CFileFind ffd;
	bWorking=ffd.FindFile (favpath);
	CString strUrl;

	if(strFilePath!="")
	{
		CMarkup xml;

		xml.AddElem ("main");
		xml.AddAttrib ("version","2"); 
	         LPSTR url=new char[512];

		while(bWorking)
		{
			bWorking=ffd.FindNextFile ();
			if(!ffd.IsDots()&&!ffd.IsDirectory ())
			{
				GetPrivateProfileString("InternetShortcut",
					"URL",NULL,url,512,ffd.GetFilePath ());

				xml.AddChildElem ("ITEM",url);
				xml.IntoElem(); 

			    xml.AddAttrib ("IsFolder","0");

				CString AttribName;
				AttribName=ffd.GetFileName();
				xml.AddAttrib ("name",AttribName.Left 
					(AttribName.GetLength ()-4));
				xml.OutOfElem ();
			}
		}
		delete [] url;

		CString csXML=xml.GetDoc ();
		CString xmlfile;
		xmlfile=" ";
		xmlfile+=csXML;	
		CFile file(strFilePath,CFile::modeWrite|CFile::modeCreate );
		file.WriteHuge (xmlfile.GetBuffer (5000),xmlfile.GetLength ());
		if(IDOK==AfxMessageBox("Export finished!"))
			this->PostMessage (WM_CLOSE,0,0);
	}
}

CMarkup is a class I found on CodeProject... I would really like to thank the author. Hope it will be useful for you.

History

• 7^th March, 2010: Initial post

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