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    read google image search results and show images in picture boxes

    hi there,

    i'm a newbie in vb, so please appologize any silly questions. i searched the forum for answers already but couldn't find anything really helpful.

    what i need is:
    - ask google - (e.g. http://images.google.com/images?q=0671600419)
    - wait for response
    - parse html for 'imgurl's and
    - load the first 6 images into picture boxes in a form

    this is for a books collection (2000+) tool i'm writing for a friend of mine. i want to include a 'search for cover on the internet'-function to show the books cover picture ( not to judge the book, but to impress her ) and google quiet relieably returns them when searching for the books' isbn number.

    so, please tell me: how can i ...
    - get the html site so that i can search it for the 'imgurl' tag?
    - load a picture from a url into a picture box?

    any hints, links, tutorials? please help!
    thanks!
    bowZZer
    Last edited by bowZZer; Apr 25th, 2006 at 08:28 PM.

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    Re: read google image search results and show images in picture boxes

    This should be quit interesting, you first need to read the html code for the page, take out the imeges, save the imeges names then download them, then you need to place each of the download image in a new picturebox

    Just a question** = Whats this number?
    Last edited by wiz126; Apr 25th, 2006 at 08:11 PM.
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    Re: read google image search results and show images in picture boxes

    yeah right, i find it interesting, too. just how do i do it?

    Just a question** = Whats this number?
    afaik 'isbn' stands for International Standard Book Number and uniquely describes a certain book, edition, volume etc.
    for the nerds among us: a book is what can happen when you print a large pdf and the isbn is almost like its MAC address, only that you can't fake it
    Last edited by bowZZer; Apr 26th, 2006 at 06:09 AM.

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