Article ID: 272095 - Last Review: November 5, 2003 - Revision: 4.0

PRB: NavigateComplete2, DocumentComplete Events Pass Incorrect URL Parameter

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SYMPTOMS

When you try to browse to a Web site and are redirected to a res:// protocol error page, the URL parameter of the NavigateComplete2 and DocumentComplete events, as well as calls to the get_LocationURL method, may reflect the intended destination and not the error page URL.

For example, if you try to browse to http://www.someservername.com/nopagehere.htm and encounter "The page cannot be found" error, the URL parameter of the NavigateComplete2 and DocumentComplete events contains the following URL:

http://www.someservername.com/nopagehere.htm

and not:

res://C:\WINNT\system32\shdoclc.dll/http_404.htm#http://www.someservername.com/nopagehere.htm

Calling get_LocationURL (or accessing the LocationURL property) returns the same value.

This differs from previous versions of Internet Explorer.

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RESOLUTION

To retrieve the actual URL, you can use the document.location.href property or IHTMLDocument2::get_location followed by IHTMLLocation::get_href in Microsoft Visual C++.

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STATUS

This behavior is by design and allows you to match up BeforeNavigate2 and NavigateComplete2 or DocumentComplete events more easily.

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REFERENCES

For additional information, see the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web Workshop sites:

IHTMLLocation::get_LocationURL Method
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/browser/webbrowser/reference/IFaces/IWebBrowser2/get_LocationURL.asp (http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/browser/webbrowser/reference/IFaces/IWebBrowser2/get_LocationURL.asp)

NavigateComplete2
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/browser/webbrowser/reference/events/NavigateComplete2.asp (http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/browser/webbrowser/reference/events/NavigateComplete2.asp)

DocumentComplete2
http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/browser/webbrowser/reference/events/DocumentComplete.asp (http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/browser/webbrowser/reference/events/DocumentComplete.asp)

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5

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