# Function Reference

# _IEBodyReadText

Returns the Text inside the <body> tag of the document

#include <IE.au3>
_IEBodyReadText ( ByRef $oObject )

## Parameters

$oObject | Object variable of an InternetExplorer.Application, Window or Frame object

## Return Value

Success: | the text included in the <body> of the document.
Failure: | sets the @error flag to non-zero.
@error: | 3 ($_IEStatus_InvalidDataType) - Invalid Data Type
@extended: | Contains invalid parameter number

## Remarks

This function uses the .innerText property of the document Body.
.innerText is available for nearly all DOM elements and is a fast convenient method of parsing out just the text in a document using _IEPropertyGet().

## Related

_IEBodyReadHTML, _IEBodyWriteHTML, _IEPropertyGet

## Example

    ; Open a browser with the basic example, read the body Text
    ; (the content with all HTML tags removed) and display it in a MsgBox

    #include <IE.au3>
    #include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

    Local $oIE = _IE_Example("basic")
    Local $sText = _IEBodyReadText($oIE)
    MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Body Text", $sText)

    _IEQuit($oIE)