Re: Read webpage with VB app

From: Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] (hirf-spam-me-here_at_gmx.at)
Date: 05/22/04 

Date: 22 May 2004 13:48:22 +0200

* "Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu" <cpub@hower.org> scripsit:
>> Is there a simple way to read (and parse) a webpage with a VB.net
>> application. Right now I can sort of read a page but it's a framed page
>> and the server thinks the app is a browser that can't handle frames...so
>> I get a message to the effect in the response.
>
> It sounds like you just want to transfer it, and not display it? If so the
> webbrower control is overkill and in fact can interfere. You should look at
> just using straight HTTP.

I agree, but then you will have to parse the frameset to get the URLs of
the pages displayed in the frames. 

-- 
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

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