Hit an URL from VB

[dvst8]

Is there a function in VB to hit an URL and get back the HTML from that web page?

I do not want to launch IE.

Thanx

dvst8

[dvst8]

I've found the following which will do what I want:

Private Sub Run_Click()

Dim Inet1

Dim b() As Byte
Dim intCount As Integer
Dim strData As String

Inet1.Cancel ' Stops any current operations

b() = Inet1.OpenURL("http://www.vbsquare.com/index.html", icByteArray)

For intCount = 0 To UBound(b) - 1

  strData = strData & Chr(b(intCount))

Next intCount

MsgBox strData


End Sub

but when I try to run this I get the error "Object Required" the first time I make reference to Inet1

do I have to 'construct' the Inet object??

(and yes I did check Microsoft Internet Controls in Components)

ideas?

thanks!

[jdavison]

You need to add the MS Internet Transfer Control component in vb

[jdavison]

You then need to put that compnent on the form