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I believe the WebBrowser control is only a megabyte. &nbsp;Is this the smallest control for simple http requests? &nbsp;Would anything smaller turn this solution into something complex/cumbersome. &nbsp;Thank you for your response.<br />

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Just for your information:<br />
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Create a new form with a textbox (multiline set to true), a command button. Add a component named Microsoft HTML Object Library<br />
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sub Command1_OnClick<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Dim objMSHTML As New HTMLDocument<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Dim objDoc As HTMLDocument<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Set objDoc = objMSHTML.createDocumentFr<wbr />omUrl(&quot;<a href="http://www.intel.com" rel="ugc">http://www.intel.com</a>&quot;, vbNullString)<br />
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&nbsp; &nbsp; While objDoc.readyState &lt;&gt;&nbsp;&quot;complete&quot;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; DoEvents<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Wend<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Text1.Text = objDoc.documentElement.inn<wbr />erHTML &nbsp; 'set to innertext if you want only text<br />
end sub<br />
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I would like to know if anyone has a suggestion for a very simple VB app to simply request a web page. &nbsp;The request in it of itself triggers the more useful features. &nbsp;I've tried using the Microsoft Winsock control but this one works with other controls of its kind. &nbsp;I tried using this control for connecting to a server and requesting the page but this did not work. &nbsp;The Internet Transfer Control seems to be a bit too big for such a simple request. &nbsp;<br />
Any suggestions.
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I would like to know if anyone has a suggestion for a very simple VB app to simply request a web page.  The request in it of itself triggers the more useful features.  I've tried using the Microsoft Winsock control but this one works with other controls of its kind.  I tried using this control for connecting to a server and requesting the page but this did not work.  The Internet Transfer Control seems to be a bit too big for such a simple request.  
Any suggestions.

vb control to request a URL.  Winsock or another lightweight method to carry http request

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