get rid of HTML in string

I have a string full of HTML and I am only interested in the text that would be visible in a browser. How can I filter out the HTML code in this string?

You need to filter out anything between the < and the >(including the signs them self), except for the <br> and the </p>.

Example:

Code:

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Option Explicit

Private Sub Form_Load()
    MsgBox HTMLParser("<p><ul><b>This is the text you would see in the web browser.<br>Test.</b></p><br>This is the end")
End Sub

Private Function HTMLParser(ByVal sHTML As String) As String
    Dim lCounter As Long
    Dim sTemp As String
    For lCounter = 1 To Len(sHTML)
        Select Case Mid(sHTML, lCounter, 1)
            Case "<"
                Select Case LCase$(Mid$(sHTML, lCounter, 4))
                    Case "<br>", "</p>"
                        '<br>, is next line; </p> is end paragraf
                        sTemp = sTemp & vbCrLf
                        lCounter = lCounter + 3
                    Case Else
                        Do Until Mid(sHTML, lCounter, 1) = ">"
                            lCounter = lCounter + 1
                        Loop
                    'End Case
                    End Select
            Case Else
                sTemp = sTemp & Mid(sHTML, lCounter, 1)
            'End Case
        End Select
    Next
    HTMLParser = sTemp
End Function

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[This message has been edited by Azzmodan (edited 01-11-2000).]