Question

I need to get the XML data from a URL and put it all into a string. Please show me the best way to do that. I know how to do this in Java but now I want it in VB.Net Thanks.

Answer 1

If you search in Google the first result is http://vb.net-informations.com/communications/vb.net_read_url.htm:

Imports System.Net
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, _
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim inStream As StreamReader
        Dim webRequest As WebRequest
        Dim webresponse As WebResponse
        webRequest = webRequest.Create(TextBox1.Text)
        webresponse = webRequest.GetResponse()
        inStream = New StreamReader(webresponse.GetResponseStream())
        TextBox2.Text = inStream.ReadToEnd()
    End Sub
End Class