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reading html into a string from a url

is it possible to write a function that takes a url as a parameter and returns the html contents as a string.

if so, can anyone get me started on how to do this.

do i need use the webbrowser object?

also i want to store this function in a dll.

so using form based controls are out of the question.

any help would be greatly appreciated.

Anthony Perkins

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Thanks,
Anthony

Erick37

Add the Internet Transfer Control to your project. Then using the OpenURL method, read in the web contents:

Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim sHTML As String
Dim sURL As String
sURL = "http://www.excite.com"
sHTML = Inet1.OpenURL(sURL)
Debug.Print sHTML
End Sub