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This is javascript but maybe it will be useful to you.
<---- Go here first and understand how the INET object works.
Then: in your asp page
<%
set objInetTransCtrl = Server.CreateObject("Project1.Class1"
x = (ticker symbol)
str1 = objInetTransCtrl.OpenURL(" 'substitute your URL here
that gives you a long string of comma separated values
str2 = replace(str1, chr(34), ""
(trims spaces)
str2a = replace(str2, "," , vbtab)
(replaces comma with tab)
str3 = split(str2a, vbtab)
(makes an array with values in that string)
str3 is the array
str3(0) is symbol letters
str3(1) is current price
str3(4) is the up/down of the day.
Remember all quotes are delayed
<---- Go here first and understand how the INET object works.
Then: in your asp page
<%
set objInetTransCtrl = Server.CreateObject("Project1.Class1"
x = (ticker symbol)
str1 = objInetTransCtrl.OpenURL(" 'substitute your URL here
that gives you a long string of comma separated values
str2 = replace(str1, chr(34), ""
(trims spaces)
str2a = replace(str2, "," , vbtab)
(replaces comma with tab)
str3 = split(str2a, vbtab)
(makes an array with values in that string)
str3 is the array
str3(0) is symbol letters
str3(1) is current price
str3(4) is the up/down of the day.
Remember all quotes are delayed
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