Hi All

Does anybody know if filemaker can read html code directly from a web page into a text field?

Thanks

You can, of course, copy and paste HTML code from a Web page into a text field. You could also insert an object (such as FrontPage) into a container field and have it display HTML. What exactly are you trying to accomplish?

I am trying to extract live data from the web.

The most dificult part seems to to be getting the original html source, after that it is just a matter of parsing the data.

I already do this with a fantastic program called netstepper but it is a single user system and I am looking create a faster multiuser system.

Thanks

I use the Troi URL plugin to grab raw html. I'm not a big fan of plug ins as I don't like the added expense, but this one is really worth it. You can also use it to submit form data. Get the html and then parse. Using the plugin the harder part it the parsing, not the getting, si it may be just what you are looiking for.

Hope this helps,

Dan

... or just install curl and access it with the shell plugin from www.abstract.com or a simple script usoing the send message script step ....