>I use this function to download files from internet:

>Function getdatafromurl
>   Lparameters pcUrlName
>   Declare Integer InternetOpen In wininet.Dll String sAgent, ;
>      INTEGER lAccessType, String sProxyName, ;
>      STRING sProxyBypass, Integer lFlags
>
>   Declare Integer InternetOpenUrl In wininet.Dll ;
>      INTEGER hInternetSession, String sUrl, String sHeaders,;
>      INTEGER lHeadersLength, Integer lFlags, Integer lContext
>
>   Declare Integer InternetReadFile In wininet.Dll Integer hfile, ;
>      STRING @sBuffer, Integer lNumberofBytesToRead, Integer @lBytesRead
>
>   Declare short InternetCloseHandle In wininet.Dll Integer hInst
>
>   #Define INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG 0
>   #Define INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_DIRECT 1
>   #Define INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PROXY 3
>   #Define SYNCHRONOUS 0
>   #Define INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD 2147483648
>   #Define CR Chr(13)
>
>   Local lsAgent, lhInternetSession, lhUrlFile, llOk, lnOk, lcRetVal, lcReadBuffer, lnBytesRead
>
>* what application is using Internet services?
>   lsAgent = "VPF 5.0"
>
>   lhInternetSession = InternetOpen( lsAgent, INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG, ;
>      '', '', SYNCHRONOUS)
>
>* debugging line - uncomment to see session handle
>* WAIT WINDOW "Internet session handle: " + LTRIM(STR(hInternetSession))
>
>   If lhInternetSession = 0
>      Wait Window "Internet session cannot be established" Time 2
>      Return .Null.
>   Endif
>
>   lhUrlFile = InternetOpenUrl( lhInternetSession, pcUrlName, '', 0, ;
>      INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0)
>
>* debugging line - uncomment to see URL handle
>* WAIT WINDOW "URL Handle: " + LTRIM(STR(hUrlFile))
>
>   If lhUrlFile = 0
>      Wait Window "URL cannot be opened"
>      Return .Null.
>   Endif
>
>   lcRetVal = ""
>   llOk = .T.
>
>   Do While llOk
>* set aside a big buffer
>      lsReadBuffer = Space(32767)
>      lnBytesRead = 0
>      lnOk = InternetReadFile( lhUrlFile, @lsReadBuffer, Len(lsReadBuffer), @lnBytesRead)
>
>      If ( lnBytesRead > 0 )
>         lcRetVal = lcRetVal + Left( lsReadBuffer, lnBytesRead )
>      Endif
>
>* error trap - either a read failure or read past eof()
>      llOk = ( lnOk = 1 ) And ( lnBytesRead > 0 )
>   Enddo
>
>* close all the handles we opened
>   InternetCloseHandle( lhUrlFile )
>   InternetCloseHandle( lhInternetSession )
>   Clear Dlls InternetOpen,InternetCloseHandle,InternetOpenUrl ,InternetReadFile
>* return the URL contents
>Return lcRetVal

>
>
>
>>I am getting an xml page from with the innertext property of the internet explorer object. But doing so, I am getting the + and - that allows the user to colapse and extend parts of the xml. I need the raw data without these things.
>>Is it possible?
>>
>>Many thanks
>>Eric

Takk!