Q.: Create a Windows Application in VB.Net 2008 which is used to Read/Extract URL content of a webpage from website.
In VB.Net 2008, sometimes we have require to Read URL content. This Example Shows How to Read URL content. We can read/extract source code of a webpage of website easily. This helps in getting objects used on webpages like textbox, elements.
Compatibility/Version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 (Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5)
Source Code:
Imports System.Net
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Dim inStream As StreamReader
Dim webRequest As WebRequest
Dim webresponse As WebResponse
webRequest = webRequest.Create(TextBox1.Text)
webresponse = webRequest.GetResponse()
inStream = New StreamReader(webresponse.GetResponseStream())
TextBox2.Text = inStream.ReadToEnd()
End Sub
End Class
Output:
