Is there a way to locate and parse specific information on a web page ?

[iflash]

Hi,

I am planning to work on a dictionary app. And can anyone tell me how to parse, locate and find specific information on a web page?

thnx



-------as long as it works, i dun care how----------

[MidgetsBro]

You can use the Inet control to download the page to a string variable, then you can go through the string with InStr and find the first few characters of what you are looking for. Then you can use the mid function to get all the info from the webpage.

[MidgetsBro]

Here is a quick project I whipped up. I used the dictionary.com's dictionary database, and just extracted the info I needed without all the other crap.

[iflash]

thnx MidgetsBro,

thats exactly what i wanted.

Also, your little example app is pretty cool.