Hi,

C# version works for me:

System.Net.WebClient webClient = new System.Net.WebClient();
string value  = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding().GetString(webClient.DownloadData("http://whatismyip.org/"));

What error were you getting?
Best,
Viv


>I think I am trying too hard, but I just can't figure this out and am hoping somebody can point me in the right direction.
>
>I am trying to obtain the ip address displayed on http://whatismyip.org/ into my application. I found this snippet on the internet:
>
>

>Dim value As String
>Dim webClient As New System.Net.WebClient
>
>value = New System.Text.UTF8Encoding().GetString(webClient.DownloadData("http://whatismyip.org/"))
>

>
>but I am getting an error. Is there an easier way to do this? There is no HTML - the source is just the ip address.