360 works' web assistant extension has a function - wageturl - that gets the source code of a URL.

webassistant costs $99 though (or the free version only works if filemaker has been open for less than 2 hours).

Is there anyway to accomplish this without spending $99?

I'm familiar with the method of using a web viewer and the getlayoutobjectattribute function, but I don't want to use that method.

Is there anything else? (not using a web veiwer)

I posted this quite a long time ago and got no replies, so I suspect my only options are to buy webassistant or use web viewer and the getlayoutobjectattribute function.

 

Does anyone have input on whether the getlayoutobjectattribute fuction can be just as good. I'm thinking I would just disable images and flash/plug-ins for internet explorer (this will be on a PC), and then maybe it would be as quick as using web assistant.

It will be helpful to provide more detail.

 

Not least because - you have a free method - and for some undeclared reason you don't want to use it.

 

Also - be aware that in FM12 there is a new command, Insert From URL, that could be used for your purpose.

 

If we knew what your purpose was.

I have several solutions for which I would use this.

 

A simple one, is I might want to have a filemaker solution run in an amazon cloud instance, and have it constantly check a website for changes/updates, and send me an email alert in the event of certain changes/updates. (this is for a unique purpose, not something like stock prices, so there would be no service I could use to do this for me).

 

 

I have filemaker 12 advanced, but I've still been using 11, just because I'm used to it. I'd be willing to switch though.

 

 

My objection to using web viewer is fear that it will over-consume cpu and ram, and be slow. There are some solutions for which I need this to be as quick as possible (the above isn't really one of them).