DotNet - Internet access

[Bobo]

rollout testroll "Web Test" width:580 height:100
(
dotNetControl wb "System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser" pos:[10,10] width:580 height:100
on wb DocumentCompleted arg do
(
returnstring = testroll.wb.documenttext
print returnstring
)
on testroll open do
(
testroll.wb.url = dotNetObject "System.Uri" "http://www.polyboost.com/dotnettest.htm"
)
)
createdialog testroll


You have to wait for the document to load, otherwise documenttext would be empty. The DocumentCompleted handler is called when the loading finishes.


The arg argument to the handler can be very useful to dissect the result.
Calling showProperties and showMethods on arg will provide you with some ideas...

Here is the full list of properties, methods and handlers for this object:
http://www.scriptspot.com/bobo/mxs9/dotNet/dotNetObject_System.Windows.Forms.WebBrowser.html

[Rivendale]

Hey Bobo, thanks a lot, works fine! Very appreciated. I'll dig around to see what else I can find.

cheers,
CML

[segunda]

Hmm, maybe I'm missing the point, but why use a full-blown webbrowser component when you could do it with a WebRequest and a streamReader ?

[Rivendale]

Hmm, maybe I'm missing the point, but why use a full-blown webbrowser component when you could do it with a WebRequest and a streamReader ?
Because I do not know how to use them.:) I'm pretty new to using DotNet so I'm looking for other alternatives like that. Can you give me a simple example using those commands?

cheers,
CML

[segunda]

As stolen straight from the autodesk forums (was nicer than my own shizzle:D):
requestClass = dotNetClass "System.Net.WebRequest"
request = requestClass.Create("http://sourceforge.net")
request.Method = "GET"
request.Timeout = 5000

response = request.getResponse()
-- response is an HttpWebResponse
responseStream = response.GetResponseStream()

encodingClass = dotNetClass "System.Text.Encoding"
encoding = encodingClass.GetEncoding "utf-8"

readStream = dotNetObject "System.IO.StreamReader" responseStream encoding
readStream.ReadToEnd()
readStream.Close()
response.Close()

[Rivendale]

Hey Segunda, thanks a lot for the example! I haven't had time to try it out yet but I will soon.

cheers,
CML

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