[Resolved] WinSck and Webpages

I was wondering... if it was possible to load text off webpages using the WinSock control?

The reason i want to do this is so that i can download files from an internet site without my program freezing (which is what happens when you use Inet).

I just don't understand how the WinSock will connect to the webpage and then the web page will transfer its contents.

I want RAW data from the webpage, not like what you see, it should download the headers, HTML the lot - This is for when i download files using the same princible.

I'm making an updater program for another program that i'm making, so i'm kind of looking for a progress bar too, but can do with out.

So can any one help me solve this problem? Thanks!

When you have a problem, you should search on the forums first, or do you like other people to search for you ?

When searching, this is what I found, I think it's what you need:
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...hlight=winsock

You can connect to a webserver with the Winsock (ws) control and then send a http request to the server.

ws.Remotehost =<address>
ws.Remoteport=80

ws.connect

while ws.state <> sckConnected
doevents
wend

ws.senddata "get /" & nameofpage & " HTTP/1.0" & vbcrlf & vbcrlf


And then fetch the page in the Dataarrival event for the winsock control.

I'm not sure if i got all the syntax right, i wrote the code in my web brower.

I swear that never came up when i searched for it, just heaps and heaps of posts about winsock or web page related stuff...

Yes that's what i wanted as far as i can tell, i'll need a bit to go over the code. I only wanted it to load the webpage. Don't need PHP or anything.


Edit***, yes that's it, thanks and sorry for not finding it myself.

Whenever I need something, first I search in the CodeBank, then if I don't find it, I serch in the other forums, like Classic Visual Basic...
In the CodeBank, the link I posted was the forth from the top...

Thanks for the cookie by the way ;)