Including data from another server?

[Guru]

I have an ASP page running on server A
I want to embed outout from an asp file on server B

I don't mind if it is importing the rendered output or calling a function within the remote file.


Is this possible?
Does the thread even make sense?

Don't even think about suggesting an inline frame as the script on server A will not actually be displaying a webpage to the browser...

[Guru]

OK. I've discovered I can include and Internet Transfer Control within the asp.

Not the fastest solution but it works.

Any more ideas?

[rory]

Sure, MSXML ..

'// example usage
Dim sText
sText = GetHttp("http://www.mywebsiteurl.com/default.asp?this=that")
If Len(sText) Then
    Response.Write GetText(sText, "mystarttag", "myendtag")
End If

'// get data from website
Function GetHttp(ByVal pURL)
    Dim objHttp
    On Error Resume Next
    Set objHttp = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
    objHttp.Open "GET", pURL, False
    objHttp.Send ""  
    GetHttp = objHttp.ResponseText
    Set objHttp = Nothing
End Function

'// get specific text from data
Function GetText(ByVal pText, ByVal pStart, ByVal pEnd)
    Dim iStart, iEnd, sTemp
    On Error Resume Next
    iStart = InStr(1, pText, pStart, vbTextCompare)
    If iStart > 0 Then
        iEnd = InStr(iStart, pText, pEnd, vbTextCompare)
        If iEnd > 0 Then
            sTemp = Mid(pText, iStart, iEnd-iStart) 
            GetText = Trim(sTemp)
        End If
    End If
End Function