newbie help: read a text file from a web server

[lordrt21]

HEllo
Am new to VB (my version is 2008 express edition), and want to create an app in vb to connect to a web server, read the text file from it, and display the content in a label or textbox. Anyone can guide me on this?

[mr.genocyde]

this is an old vb6 code ........not sure if it helps.........................

Private Sub Winsock1_DataArrival(ByVal bytesTotal As Long)
On Error Resume Next
Dim Data As String
Text1.Text = Text1.Text + Replace(Data, Chr(0), "*") & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
End Sub

[lordrt21]

thanks, found one for vb2008:

Dim versionno As String
        Dim objWebClient As New System.Net.WebClient
        Dim objUTF8 As New System.Text.UTF8Encoding

        versionno = objUTF8.GetString(objWebClient.DownloadData("url/path/to/file.txt"))
        objWebClient.Dispose()

        txtVersion.Text = versionno