Hi,
I need to develop am application to add to an existing internal site. What I have to do is search for specific string on a few web sites. I don’t have any contact with those sites, they are regular internet sites. when I find the string, I should bring the whole page (the relevant part, only the text from this external site). The sites I will have to search will be configured by one guy in the company, in a profile, so I have no idea what site it’s going to be.
If someone did something like this, or have a clue how to do this, please give me some ideas how to start.
TIA,
Daniel
Subject: Help with WEB search
Daniel,
You can use Active X Objects to get around this requirement. If the sites that needs to be searched are available via a profile document, then we can take just take the URL of the sites to be searched for a specific string and later use Active X Objects to initiate an XMLHTTP request to the concerned server containing the site. The sever will return you the response. You can decide whether you need to receive it as text format (or) as an xml document. Finally you can search within the returned response to see whether the search term/key exists. If yes, then you can proceed retrieving the specific portion of the content.
This forum might contain help on how to do this. For a generic overview, take a look at the following link:
http://www.jibbering.com/2002/4/httprequest.html
HTH,
Jegadeesh
Subject: RE: Help with WEB search
Hi Jegadeesh
Thank’s for your response.
It appears even simple to do.
Unfortunatelly I don’t have any experience with Active X, so I will google it.
If someone have a tip how to start, please post it here.
Thank’s,
Daniel