Can Visual Basic build apps that are able to interact with the web? Like Scrapebox?

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    I'm looking to learn a programming language to build my own apps similar to scrapebox, Xrumer, etc.

    I have dabbled around a bit with Visual Basic and C#. Visual Basic seems to take best on me so I wanted to know if this language can handle apps that interact with the web?

    Client side & server-side

    Thanks
     
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  2. AstarothSolutions

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    .Net, irrespective of lanauge, can interact with the web. I don't know the application you mention and you don't specify what particular interaction you require.

    You many want to look at the WebRequest Class (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.webrequest.aspx) if your wanting HTTP/ FTP etc. If your looking to interact with a web server that you control then webservices are the normal route in which case just point Visual Studio (or whichever free version you have) at the WSDL and it will generate the appropriate classes for you.
     
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  3. Embee

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    I will tell you:
    I have no previous knowledge in coding but I'm sure that vb can interact with the web. I will tell you why: I have posted a few days ago about a free software I found that with it you can make software with no code knowledge that software seems to be based on vb, and in that software there are objects that have connection to the web like browser or client server.
    You can find the link to that free software in my signature.
     
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    shofstetter Well-Known Member

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    Do a search for winsock http request and your preferred programming language :) Some site's use very advanced detection to see if you are a real web browser or bot/other. Knowing how to create an actual http request will make many tasks much simpler for you. All of the .NET languages have the ability to interact with the web, but you may need a higher degree of control than what is offered in those languages. I would not choose the language based on connectivity, I would say check and see which languages offer the best and easiest to use string/text/xml functions/suport as well as regular expression support. Getting a web page will be easy, parsing the web page will be the hard part :)
     
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    yes vb can easily connect with web/ , i like to cling to old winsock control rather than new socket libs , cos that ocx was really easy to code with.
     
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