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  1. Jun 27th, 2001, 11:11 AM #1
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    Reading a .txt file from a website

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    As im a visual basic newbie i was wondering if it is possible to read a text file from a website to retrieve infomation from it. As in it opens www.website.com/textfile.txt and can read what's in it as if it was opening a normal file off my harddrive. Anyway any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks
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  2. Jun 27th, 2001, 11:51 AM #2
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    Sorry for not editting my first post, but the edit page doesnt seem to load

    anyway i tried Open "http://www.website.com/textfile.txt" For Input As #1 but it didnt work
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  3. Jun 27th, 2001, 12:16 PM #3
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    Probably the easiest way to do this would be to use the URLDownloadToFile API. Use the search box above and you will find all kinds of example of using URLDownloadToFile.
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  4. Jun 27th, 2001, 12:19 PM #4
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    thanx bloodeye
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