Web Site Interface

[Stephan Ainley]

I'm completly new when it comes to programming and the net (besides a little
of webclient) and was wonder how is the best way to interface with a
website. I actually want it hidden, but would I have a hidden interenet
control which I'd feed stuff to? I'm writing it for a program that would
interface and tell the user when they have new messages (not email though).

Thanks a lot, and sorry for my vagueness.

[clintonG]

Generally speaking, if you do not want a GUI use MSDN and
other search resources to learn how to create a component,
a service or a web service.

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"Stephan Ainley" <ch*****@frayed.net> wrote in message
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I'm completly new when it comes to programming and the net (besides a little of webclient) and was wonder how is the best way to interface with a
website. I actually want it hidden, but would I have a hidden interenet
control which I'd feed stuff to? I'm writing it for a program that would
interface and tell the user when they have new messages (not email though).
Thanks a lot, and sorry for my vagueness.

[Scott Allen]

Hi Stephan:

It sounds as if you want to communicate with a web site from within
your code.

You can look at the System.Net.WebClient and System.Net.WebRequest
classes. These classes allow you to retrieve a web page or other file
over the internet.

Google, Amazon, and eBay all have a web service interface allowing you
to make method calls that go to thief server and retrieve information.
If the site you are trying to get information from has built a web
service API it would make your job easier.

--
Scott
http://www.OdeToCode.com
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 22:35:53 -0700, "Stephan Ainley"
<ch*****@frayed.net> wrote:

I'm completly new when it comes to programming and the net (besides a little
of webclient) and was wonder how is the best way to interface with a
website. I actually want it hidden, but would I have a hidden interenet
control which I'd feed stuff to? I'm writing it for a program that would
interface and tell the user when they have new messages (not email though).

Thanks a lot, and sorry for my vagueness.

[Shock]

Stephan Ainley wrote:

I'm completly new when it comes to programming and the net (besides a little
of webclient) and was wonder how is the best way to interface with a
website. I actually want it hidden, but would I have a hidden interenet
control which I'd feed stuff to? I'm writing it for a program that would
interface and tell the user when they have new messages (not email though).

Thanks a lot, and sorry for my vagueness.

You could try a secure web service. Where it does all the work, you
just punch it for functionality. But, you'd have to be a little more
specific in order for me to provide you with more specifics! :)

Hope I gave you a little help anyway.

Shock

[Stephan Ainley]

The project is for http://www.deviantart.com/ So I can see if I have new
messages or not. I now some html, but not enough to tell what kind of
logging in system they use. Also is the whole system going to be just
parsing html until I get the desired link and then following that link, and
parsing more?

thanks
"Shock" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Stephan Ainley wrote:

I'm completly new when it comes to programming and the net (besides a
little of webclient) and was wonder how is the best way to interface with
a website. I actually want it hidden, but would I have a hidden
interenet control which I'd feed stuff to? I'm writing it for a program
that would interface and tell the user when they have new messages (not
email though).

Thanks a lot, and sorry for my vagueness.

You could try a secure web service. Where it does all the work, you just
punch it for functionality. But, you'd have to be a little more specific
in order for me to provide you with more specifics! :)

Hope I gave you a little help anyway.

Shock