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 GetElementsByTagName Method
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HtmlDocument..::.GetElementsByTagName Method

Retrieve a collection of elements with the specified HTML tag.

Namespace:  System.Windows.Forms
Assembly:  System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Visual Basic
Public Function GetElementsByTagName ( _
    tagName As String _
) As HtmlElementCollection
C#
public HtmlElementCollection GetElementsByTagName(
    string tagName
)
Visual C++
public:
HtmlElementCollection^ GetElementsByTagName(
    String^ tagName
)
F#
member GetElementsByTagName : 
        tagName:string -> HtmlElementCollection 

Parameters

tagName
Type: System..::.String
The name of the HTML tag for the HtmlElement objects you want to retrieve.

Return Value

Type: System.Windows.Forms..::.HtmlElementCollection
The collection of elements who tag name is equal to the tagName argument.

HTML pages often use the META tag to embed arbitrary information about the document. The following HTML code example retrieves all of the META tags within an HTML document, finds the META tag with the name Description, and displays it to the user. The code example requires that your application has a WebBrowser control named WebBrowser1.

Visual Basic
    Private Sub DisplayMetaDescription()
        If (WebBrowser1.Document IsNot Nothing) Then
            Dim Elems As HtmlElementCollection 
            Dim WebOC as WebBrowser = WebBrowser1

        Elems = WebOC.Document.GetElementsByTagName("META")

            For Each elem As HtmlElement In Elems
                Dim NameStr As String = elem.GetAttribute("name")

                If ((NameStr IsNot Nothing) And (NameStr.Length <> 0)) Then
                    If NameStr.ToLower().Equals("description") Then
                        Dim ContentStr As String = elem.GetAttribute("content")
                        MessageBox.Show("Document: " & WebOC.Url.ToString() & vbCrLf & "Description: " & ContentStr)
                    End If
                End If
            Next
        End If
    End Sub
C#
private void DisplayMetaDescription()
{
    if (webBrowser1.Document != null)
    {
        HtmlElementCollection elems = webBrowser1.Document.GetElementsByTagName("META");
        foreach (HtmlElement elem in elems)
        {
            String nameStr = elem.GetAttribute("name");
            if (nameStr != null && nameStr.Length != 0)
            {
                String contentStr = elem.GetAttribute("content");
                MessageBox.Show("Document: " + webBrowser1.Url.ToString() + "\nDescription: " + contentStr);
            }
        }
    }
}

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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