VB HTML QUESTION! PLEASE HELP!

[cbvbguy]

Ok, I'm trying to make a program that reads an HTML file, removes everything above a string, and below a string, then, takes the isolated string, and check if it's different from another string. How do I do this????? I'm new to VB, so some code would help. Here's an example:

Jim, steve, and Tom's new girlfriend is suzy.

How could I >REMOVE< the "Jim, Steve, and ", and >REMOVE< the "is suzy." and save "Tom's new girlfriend". ? Then see if "Tom's new girlfriend" is different from "Tom's 333 new girlfriend". ?

Thanks!

[scottmsullivan]

Private Sub Form_Load()
Dim str As String
Dim STARTPos As Long
Dim lngStrLength As Long

str = "Jim, steve, and Tom's new girlfriend is suzy. "
str2 = "Tom's 333 new girlfriend"
str3 = "Tom's new girlfriend"

'get the length of the string to search for
lngStrLength = Len(str3)

'Find out where that string starts
STARTPos = InStr(1, str, str3, vbTextCompare)

'recreate that string by first grabbing all that is left (previous) to it
' and then appending all that is right to it ,minus the total length of
'the string you were searching for plus the first portion!
str = Left(str, STARTPos - 1) & Right(str, Len(str) - (lngStrLength + STARTPos))

'compare the two strings
If str3 <> str2 Then
'do something here
End If

End Sub