I'm attempting to write a function that grabs a page from a web server and
reads it into either a string or a HTML or XML object that can be parsed to
retrieve the desired bits of data. My immediate use is in an ASP or ASP.NET
page, but I have a need for the same sort of functionality to automate the
population of a database.
I'm reasonably sure I can write the parsing, but it's the actual retrieving
of the web page that's my present roadblock. I'm sure that there's an object
and suite of functions to do this, I just can't seem to find them...
I would prefer to use c# as it's my language of choice at the moment;
however as my target platforms are all windows there can be a bit of leeway.