Google Weather

Code:

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Public Structure Weatherinfo
        Dim Failed As Boolean
        Dim errormessage As Exception
        Dim location As String
        Dim forcast_date As String
        Dim checked_time_date As String
        Dim humidity As String
        Dim highf As String
        Dim lowf As String
        Dim highc As String
        Dim lowc As String
        Dim currenttempC As String
        Dim currenttempF As String
        Dim predicted_icon As String
        Dim current_icon As String
        Dim current_condition As String
        Dim predicted_condition As String
        Dim wind_condition As String
        Dim day As String
    End Structure

    Public Function Grab_Weather(ByVal Location As String) As Weatherinfo
        With Grab_Weather
            .Failed = True
            Try
                Dim webclient As New Net.WebClient
                Dim xml As String = webclient.DownloadString("http://www.google.com/ig/api?weather=" & Location)
                xml = xml.Replace(Chr(34), "").Replace(vbNewLine, "")
                If xml.Contains("<problem_cause data=/>") Then
                    .Failed = True
                End If

                .location = Mid(Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<city data=") + 12), 1, Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<city data=") + 12).IndexOf("/>"))
                .forcast_date = Mid(Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<forecast_date data=") + 21), 1, Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<forecast_date data=") + 21).IndexOf("/>"))
                .checked_time_date = Mid(Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<current_date_time data=") + 25), 1, Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<current_date_time data=") + 25).IndexOf("/>"))
                .humidity = Mid(Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<humidity data=") + 16), 1, Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<humidity data=") + 16).IndexOf("/>"))
                .highf = Mid(Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<high data=") + 12), 1, Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<high data=") + 12).IndexOf("/>"))
                .lowf = Mid(Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<low data=") + 11), 1, Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<low data=") + 11).IndexOf("/>"))
                .highc = Math.Round((((.highf - "32") / "9") * "5"), 0)
                .lowc = Math.Round((((.lowf - "32") / "9") * "5"), 0)
                .currenttempC = Mid(Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<temp_c data=") + 14), 1, Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<temp_c data=") + 14).IndexOf("/>"))
                .currenttempF = Mid(Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<temp_f data=") + 14), 1, Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<temp_f data=") + 14).IndexOf("/>"))
                .current_icon = Mid(Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<icon data=") + 12), 1, Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<icon data=") + 12).IndexOf("/>")) : .current_icon = "http://www.google.com" & .current_icon
                .predicted_icon = Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<high data=")) : .predicted_icon = Mid(.predicted_icon, .predicted_icon.IndexOf("<icon data=") + 12) : .predicted_icon = Mid(.predicted_icon, 1, .predicted_icon.IndexOf("/>")) : .predicted_icon = "http://wwww.google.com" & .predicted_icon
                .current_condition = Mid(Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<condition data=") + 17), 1, Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<condition data=") + 17).IndexOf("/>"))
                .predicted_condition = Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<day_of_week data=")) : .predicted_condition = Mid(Mid(.predicted_condition, .predicted_condition.IndexOf("<condition data=") + 17), 1, Mid(.predicted_condition, .predicted_condition.IndexOf("<condition data=") + 16).IndexOf("/>") - 1)
                .wind_condition = Mid(Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<wind_condition data=") + 22), 1, Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<wind_condition data=") + 22).IndexOf("/>"))
                .day = Mid(Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<day_of_week data=") + 19), 1, Mid(xml, xml.IndexOf("<day_of_week data=") + 19).IndexOf("/>"))
                MsgBox(.current_icon)
            Catch ex As Exception
                .Failed = True
                .errormessage = ex
            End Try
            .Failed = False
        End With
        Grab_Weather = Nothing
    End Function

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Grab_Weather("90078")
    End Sub

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Anyone know how I can display multiple "Weatherinfo" strings?

Example: msgbox(.current_icon(1) & vbcrlf & .currenticon(2)) ... and so on.

What you need is create a form or a custom usercontrol that contains all the necessary controls (picturebox for the icon, textboxes, labels... for the data) and after you grab the weather, send the data tthis form/usercontrol to display it. A messagebox will not let you display pictures. It's for displaying text only basically. And yes, you can display multiple lines of text by the use of the newline character. It's probably easier to contruct the message first using string.format function, and then display it. For example:

Code:

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Dim msg As String = String.Format("{1}{0}{2}{0}{3}", Environment.NewLine, "line 1", "line 2", "line 3")
MessageBox.Show(msg)

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All I am parsing is the text, The rest I can add later on.