>Why not access it directly through Web Browser control DOM? I used IE for simplicity. You'll have to replace oIE with reference to the Web Browser control on the form.
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>oIE = CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application")
>oIE.Visible = .T.
>oIE.Navigate2('http://www.google.com')
>oDoc = oIE.Document
>? oDoc.body.innerText
>

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>>I am trying to capture the text from a web page and eventually write it to a memo field

Thanks - I apologize fior the 'dumb' question and future dumb questions while I'm at it.