Hello
i need to copy the contents of a html file. i have tried the DownloadString method, but
the page i need to copy has a querystring. (e.g articles.aspx id=2) if i add the querystring to the address then an error pops up saying the address is not a valid virtual path.
Any ideas how i can get around it
copying html contents from file with querystring
Jake.K
thank you for the help, much appreciated. I will post again if there is anything more, but for now its sorted.
B.Huard
I took part in a discussion simular to this that might work for you. We solved it using the WebBrowser control like this:
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
Private Sub btnBrowse_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnBrowse.Click
'get bank website
Dim oUri As New Uri(urlTextbox.Text, False)
Me.WebBrowser1.Url = oUri
'after i'm there, log in manually and find a page to save
End Sub
Public Function GetPageHTML(ByVal URL As String) As String
' Retrieves the HTML from the specified URL
Dim objWC As New System.Net.WebClient()
Return New System.Text.UTF8Encoding().GetString( _
objWC.DownloadData(URL))
End Function
Private Sub btnSave_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles btnSave.Click
MessageBox.Show(GetPageHTML(Me.WebBrowser1.Url.ToString))
End Sub
End Class
Check out http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1134712&SiteID=1 and let me know if that works out for you