C# get URLs of all open pages in Firefox

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I have already been here:

I know there are lots of questions already out there about this topic, BUT none of them answers it correctly. I am curious how to get the URL of all open pages in firefox, but i dont find a solution that provides working code.

This is the most rewarded solution on the internet, but it does not work for me. This code uses DDE (which used NDDE - a good DDE wrapper for .NET):

private string GetBrowserURL(string browser)
{
    try
    {
        DdeClient dde = new DdeClient(browser, "WWW_GetWindowInfo");
        dde.Connect();
        string url = dde.Request("URL", int.MaxValue);
        string[] text = url.Split(new string[] { "\",\"" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
        dde.Disconnect();
        return text[0].Substring(1);
    }
    catch
    {
        return null;
    }
}

I dont care about if it shows the history, gets the URLs of open pages in a second Firefox window, i want to keep it simple by now. Please dont provide me code for another browser as it is always browser specific or any VB code.

Why not VB code that is almost the same as C# and if you are looking for copy and paste solution you are at the wrong place. — Jordy van Eijk, Jul 11 '17 at 14:10
I know, it isnt my intention to get a clean copy paste solution, thats not what programming passion is about. But i am kinda new to C# so i have no idea how to handle VB to be honest. — L. Guthardt, Jul 11 '17 at 14:14

score -2 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 22 '18 at 16:22

This works even if you use Firefox > 49:

System.Windows.Automation.AutomationElement AutomationElement = System.Windows.Automation.AutomationElement.FromHandle(ptr);
System.Windows.Automation.AutomationElement Elm = AutomationElement.FindFirst(TreeScope.Descendants, new PropertyCondition(AutomationElement.ControlTypeProperty, ControlType.Document));
System.Windows.Automation.AutomationPattern[] BAutomationPattern = Elm.GetSupportedPatterns();
System.Windows.Automation.ValuePattern BValuePattern = (System.Windows.Automation.ValuePattern)Elm.GetCurrentPattern(BAutomationPattern[0]);
CurrentUrlName = BValuePattern.Current.Value.ToString();

C# get URLs of all open pages in Firefox

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