I needed this functionality too. For me it works 100% under all combinations of the following:

Win7,WinXP,Win2003
IE8,IE9

If you want more details, ask me.

Lennert
>>Someone had the same problem earlier, thread # 1521872. The solution I gave was to get this image file from the explorer's cache, since it's always stored on disk, and it's usually the most recent image file. Hopefully it has a fixed name, to make it even easier.
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>>>Hi guys,
>>>
>>>I am automating a certain process for getting some information from a brazilian government web site.
>>>I would like to get the CAPTCHA image that appears in the page below:
>>>http://www.nfe.fazenda.gov.br/PORTAL/consulta.aspx?tipoConsulta=completa&tipoConteudo=XbSeqxE8pl8=
>>>
>>>How can I do it?
>>>I need only that Captcha image. My goal is to put it in a VFP form, then to ask my user to type the Captcha value, and I will post its contents back to the web page to be able to get some more data, using IE automation,
>>>
>>>Any ideas ?
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Cesar
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>Thanks a lot Tore!
>That's exactly the same question from the old thread. The Captcha, if accessed directly is reloaded. I've tried searching in the Internet cache page, but could not find the image in my computer!