On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Bill Anderson<[email protected]> wrote: > The following is a cut down version of automating Google searches. > > goIE = CREATEOBJECT([InternetExplorer.Application])
Bill: I'm not sure of your ultimate goal here, but I'd suggest that OLE Automation of high-level MS objects tends to be fragile and need high maintenance. IME, MS tends to change those APIs not just from version to version, but in service packs and security patches (since evil doers may be trying to do something similar to what you're trying). If there's a way you could get the same information by using lower level Win API calls, you're more likely to have a solution that would run over a variety of versions and be more stable. Using the Google Search RESTful API (http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2008/04/google-search-rest-api.html) and low level Win API calls to retrieve a web page, and a little bit of parsing to turn JSON into a VFP structure, you could be all set, and you can leave IE behind. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ 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 Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** 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.
