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Strange web browser question

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f1car

f1car

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Apr 2, 2001
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I know that you can add port address to the ends of urls in the web browser to do different things such as :80 for http and :21 for ftp also there are some reserved ports.

My queston is can you force a VB program to talk to a regular web browser, maybe via a unused port on the web browser?

What I'm trying to do is replace the internet with mt VB program sort of like this.

web browser <--> vb program <--> DB

But I don't want to ever leave my pc.
 
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Just &quot;talk&quot; to the WebBrowser Control or MS INET Control (can't help here, have not used).

Project / Components / Microsoft Internet Controls (WebBrowser).
With the WebBrowser you can at least see what is coming across. You use VB to Navigate and then at the DocumenmtrComplete Event, manipulate the HTML with the DHTML methods. Keep to IE4.x compatible if you intend to distribute.
Start with
strHTML = WebBrowser1.Document.all(0).innerHtml
(gets everything between <HTML> and </HTML>
 
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