[VB6] Getting HTML Strings from a Web Page

[bugmenot]

So I want to get some text from a web page and get it to show up in my program. Here's the part that has what I want:

	<div style="float: right; clear: right; background: #1daa42; color: #FFF; padding: 3px; border: 1px solid #000;">Online</div><br /><br />
<div style="float: left; clear: left; padding: 3px;">  					Players Online:  				</div>  				524			</div>	  		</div>

I want to get the "524", but it's always changing.

[jeffstl]

Thats probably because the value of the "Players Online" is written from a server variable within code.

You would need access to that server and\or web service to be able to get the value of that variable at any given time. Or the page would have to have a .txt file that it continually writes to that you could read from or something.

Either way the fact that it is always changing would also mean that your program will have to always be refreshing the value as well so you could keep up. (i.e. rechecking the variable in a timed loop, or a loop triggered by an event such as a refresh button)

[jeffstl]

Actually the more I think about it the more its ALREADY writing it to a .txt file. That is the source file you posted is going to have to be your source.

You would have to select the whole string and trim out that part that you want.

You would just have to do this over and over again in a loop to keep getting the latest one, or a refresh button.

[CodeButcher]

You have this line in your file:
" Players Online: </div> 524 </div>"
So you therefore read in the textfile and search for the string "Players Online:"

that gives you the location of this:
" </div> 524 </div>..."
So replace spaces with nothing and you get:
"</div>524</div>..."
Now search for the location of the first >"
6. So, read from the 7th position to the next instance for the <"

Something like value.substring (7, instr(value, 7, "<"))

Then you get the number.

[bugmenot]

You have this line in your file:
" Players Online: </div> 524 </div>"
So you therefore read in the textfile and search for the string "Players Online:"

that gives you the location of this:
" </div> 524 </div>..."
So replace spaces with nothing and you get:
"</div>524</div>..."
Now search for the location of the first >"
6. So, read from the 7th position to the next instance for the <"

Something like value.substring (7, instr(value, 7, "<"))

Then you get the number.

Ohh, okay. Could you give me an example though? I've never done something like this before so I have no idea.

[bugmenot]

*Sigh*

Anyone wanna help? <_<

[jeffstl]

*Sigh*

Anyone wanna help? <_<

Multiple steps though. Which do you need help with?

You need to read in your file (Open FileName as Input #1)

Open FilePath For Input As MyFile
Do While Not EOF(MyFile)
   Line Input #MyFile, sNextLine
   sNextLine = sNextLine & vbCrLf
   sText = sText & sNextLine
Loop
Text1.Text = sText
Close MyFile

Then you need to read in the string and do your selection using the string manipulation functions which are posted here.

http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread781497.html

[pureenhanoi]

Multiple steps though. Which do you need help with?

You need to read in your file (Open FileName as Input #1)

Open FilePath For Input As MyFile
Do While Not EOF(MyFile)
   Line Input #MyFile, sNextLine
   sNextLine = sNextLine & vbCrLf
   sText = sText & sNextLine
Loop
Text1.Text = sText
Close MyFile

Then you need to read in the string and do your selection using the string manipulation functions which are posted here.

http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread781497.html

I've got the same proplem. Does any one know how to post a request to a web page with an fixed URL, and get the content of this page into memory (or file).
I know how to parse Strings from webpage content to get out dirsered infomation. But i need the content be loaded dirrectly from Internet