connectToActiveInstance of Internet Explore

[fjrubio]

Hi,
I am trying to connect to a running instance of Internet Explorer from java. The idea is to connect to the running instance and then start monitoring the pages the user visits.

I have just been able to launch a new instance from the program and start controlling the browser from the outside using the JACOB library https://sourceforge.net/projects/jacob-project/

public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		ComThread.InitMTA();
		String mApplicationId = "InternetExplorer.Application";

		ActiveXComponent instance2 = ActiveXComponent
				.connectToActiveInstance(mApplicationId);
		
		String i=instance2.getPropertyAsString("version");
		System.out.println(i);
		try {
			Thread.sleep(10000);
		} catch (InterruptedException ie) {
		}

		ComThread.Release();
	}

It always return "null" when it tries to connect to the running instance

Can you please help me with this?

regards,

Francisco