Ted, <snip> As always, it might depend on the situation. When I wrote a crawler in VFP, I used KenX code for ExplorerX to automate an instance of IE from VFP. Tell it to load the page; when done, traverse the document using the Document Object Model to find what you're looking for. It's large, it's memory- and processor-intensive, and it's got all the downsides of using ActiveX and IE. But it's the Microsoft Way. </snip>
I've found that this is the ONLY way to scrape some ASP.NET pages because of the way ASP.NET passes state information in the web page - state information updated at page render time via Javascript vs. present in the raw HTML stream passed from the server. PITA! Malcolm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
