If webbrowser.url = "..." then ??, and is it possible to retrieve data from web page?

[KavX]

Hi,

I wanted to create an event that when I hit a button, it will check if the webbrower has reached THISPAGE.html.

If webbrower1.Url.toString = "thispage.html" then    'this line may have been webbrowser.Url.toString("thispage.html") cant remember I tried both ways neither worked.

 do something

End If

But i get a null exception error.

Is there a way to do this?

My other question is , is it possible to pull data or text from a website like through the webbrowser control thing and place it inside a textbox or label or something like that?

thx all help is much appreciated

[ForumAccount]

Well first things first, that is not an event, that is just an If statement. Second, have you checked if the WebBrowser is actually instantiated and that the Url property has something assigned?

Also the WebClient class provides methods to download a string or file if that's what you are wanting, as an example:

Using wc As New Net.WebClient()
    Me.MyTextBoxToShowString.Text = wc.DownloadString("http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=580697")
End Using

[stateofidleness]

like FA said, you would need to put that If statement inside of a button's click event.

you might even just put it in the documentCompleted event of the web browser, but that is assuming a bit much. you could enable the button in the documentcompleted event, that way you know it has loaded the URL completely and when you click the button, it will have something to test against.

you said "neither worked." Was there an error, or just bad results? what were the results?