Hit an URL from VB

Is there a function in VB to hit an URL and get back the HTML from that web page?

I do not want to launch IE.

Thanx

dvst8

I've found the following which will do what I want:

Code:

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Private Sub Run_Click()

Dim Inet1

Dim b() As Byte
Dim intCount As Integer
Dim strData As String

Inet1.Cancel ' Stops any current operations

b() = Inet1.OpenURL("http://www.vbsquare.com/index.html", icByteArray)

For intCount = 0 To UBound(b) - 1

  strData = strData & Chr(b(intCount))

Next intCount

MsgBox strData


End Sub

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but when I try to run this I get the error "Object Required" the first time I make reference to Inet1

do I have to 'construct' the Inet object??

(and yes I did check Microsoft Internet Controls in Components)

ideas?

thanks!

You need to add the MS Internet Transfer Control component in vb

You then need to put that compnent on the form