WebClient

[Peter]

I have the following code:

Dim client As New WebClient

Dim aStream As Stream

Dim aReader As StreamReader



aStream = client.OpenRead(http://yaddayadda)

aReader = New StreamReader(aStream, True)

strPage = strPage & aReader.ReadToEnd



the url I am reading contains this data

<td width="40" bgcolor="#000000"><font color="#FFF000">&nbsp;7½</font></td>

However, when using the code above the "half" character does not exist in
the string?

Help!



please reply to petersmith#@#ns.sympatico.ca (remove # signs)



Thanks in advance!

 

[Cor Ligthert]

Hi Peter,

Did you already once try this code

Dim client As New WebClient

strPage = client.downloadfile(http:/yaddayadda)

And please do not ask to respond to your own adres, a newsgroup is to share
knowledge.

I hope this helps?

Cor

 

[Peter]

I hadn't but now I have, the file itself has the "half" character inside,
but when I use a streamreader to read it into a string variable, the string
variable doesn't have the character.

Thanks for the suggestion and any others ou may have.

PS: I should have clarified on the address, was hoping to get a reply both
to it and on newsgroups as my news server doesn't have very long retention

 

[Peter]

bumping this message to see if anyone else has any similar issues with
Stream and StreamReader?