denoxis — Thu, 06 Jan 2005 17:57:23 +0000

I found this message in another forum:

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XMLHTTP returns the results as a unicode string.

To solve this, I used Server.CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1") instead. All properties and methods are the same.
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denoxis — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 17:23:10 +0000

I may go with PHP if I cannot find a solution. I assume PHP works under Windows 2003 with no problem. I just need to rewrite the functions and the main iteration part. Thanks for the links, they look really useful.

As for the similar ASP function, no we don't have one. You have to write your own function in ASP using a MS/3rd party object. Even the latest ASP.NET depends on objects instead of builtin functions. It is just its nature.

CptAwesome — Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:50:36 +0000

Sorry, I haven't used that particular option, in php you can user file() or fopen() functions to get the HTML of any page, you'll want to read the documentation on the functions:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file.php and http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fopen.php
or for php >= 4.3.0 http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.file-get-contents.php

There may also be a comparable function in ASP that you just haven't found, hope this is at least some help.