Copy data correctly as well as web dictionary answer by key

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I wrote program for copy the data from web dictionary with HttpRequest and HttpResponse objects as simple text transfering to Tooltip control by cursor upon each word in Rich Text box, but I recieved page code block.How do it remake correctly?

Posted 15-Jan-11 1:17am

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That's called page-scraping.
See this project :
CP Vanity[^]
It scrapes some pages of CP because there's no webservice in place to get the data in a formalized way.

Posted 15-Jan-11 1:40am

Estys

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Espen Harlinn 15-Jan-11 8:39am

5+ Nice link

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Espen Harlinn · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-15T01:22:00

Solution 1

Use the browsers "View Source" functionality, It'll enable you to figure out how to extract the required information.

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Espen Harlinn

Posted 15-Jan-11 1:22am

Espen Harlinn