[camrymps]

Hi everyone! I am trying to get the value between the two tags below and put that value into a textbox.

<strong>142</strong>

[modi123_1]

Use regex.

It occurred to me that while you might not have furnished any of the bits that make it easier for us to help you - like what you have tried, your code so far, etc - that I could go a bit above and beyond and give you some links..

http://www.dreaminco...g-a-web-spider/
http://msdn.microsof...y/az24scfc.aspx

[AdamSpeight2008]

If it is XML or XHTML, then use an XML approach.

Dim theTag = <strong>142</strong>
Console.WriteLine( theTag.Value )

[camrymps]

AdamSpeight2008, on 10 August 2012 - 12:32 PM, said:

If it is XML or XHTML, then use an XML approach.

Dim theTag = <strong>142</strong>
Console.WriteLine( theTag.Value )

I know how to do this but what I have been trying to do is find the two strong tags in an html document and then take out the number, because the number will not always be 142. I have tried parsing the html and inserting an id in to the strong tag, that didnt work. I have no idea in the world how to use regex. So im just plain stuck.

[modi123_1]

You are not stuck - you need to read up on regex and implement it. It's not that bad.

[camrymps]

Ok I am trying a different approach. I set the page to text only and now the html is as follows:

<a href="/camrymps/followers/" class="selected">
      142
    </a>

I used this code to try to get the number 142, but it didnt work:

Dim allelements As HtmlElementCollection = WebBrowser1.document.All

        For Each webpageelement As HtmlElement In allelements

            If webpageelement.GetAttribute("class") = "selected" Then

                TextBox2.AppendText(webpageelement.ToString)

            End If

        Next