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Hi,

I am new to VB. I am trying to parse an html file. I would like not to use a WebBrowser control because it seems like overkill. The HtmlDocument class appears not to work outside of a WebBrowser control. If there is not a way to initialize it independantly, then thats a no go. Is there another api or am I stuck choosing between the WebBrowser control and a hand coded solution?

Thanks in advance,
Aaron

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Member Avatar for iamthwee

I would recommend using webBrowser control unless you have a really good reason not to.

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I have a wrapper usercontrol that grabs the html of the requested page, and can store cookies, etc.

I did not create it though. Sorry.

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I figured out that I can do what I need wtih the system.XML namespace and httpwebrequest/response.

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