>>>>I am extracting text from a website, but a lot of (background text and HTML) arrives with it. Does any one know a way to only retrieve only the visible text from a web page with VFP?
>>>
>>>AFAIR you already did some webscraping with
>>>Createobject("InternetExplorer.Application") ??
>>>
>>>HTH
>>>
>>>thomas
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>>Yes I did and I am still getting a lot of HTML etc in the result. I need to know how to extract ONLY the visible text on the page, if possible.
>
>invisible meaning what exactly ?
>scrolled out of sight ?
>color indistinguishable from background ?
>a control with a .visible property ?
>
>too much unclear in my visualization, if you don't mind a weak pun;-)
>
>thomas

Here is an example of what I do not want to collect:
function load_mp(t, i) { jquery.ajax({type: 'get', async: true, cache: false, url: '/mp/'+i+'/', datatype: 'html', success: function(data) {jquery('.mp_btn').removeclass('selected'); jquery(t).addclass('selected'); var n = jquery('#most_popular_side');n.fadeout('fast', function() {n.html(data)}).fadein('fast');}}); upi_pt('http://www.upi.com/mp/'+i+'/', 'most popular - '+i); }"

And example of kind of text I want to collect:

MICROSOFT’S LAUNCH SURFACE BELATED RIVAL APPLE’S IPAD BROUGHT INTERESTING DECLARATION FROM STEVE BALLMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE REPORTED FT “WE BELIEVE ANY INTERSECTION BETWEEN HUMAN MACHINE MADE BETTER ASPECTS EXPERIENCE – HARDWARE SOFTWARE – WORKING ” SAID MR BALLMER THAT APPLE’S EDGE IN SURGING PAST MICROSOFT COMPANIES IN CONSUMER DEVICES MARRYING HARDWARE SOFTWARE IN PRODUCTS SUCH IPOD IPHONE IPAD LEFT BEHIND COMPANIES SPECIALISE IN ONE OR
BUT AWKWARD FACT MICROSOFT REMAINS STUCK IN MIDDLE BETWEEN BEING PURE SOFTWARE COMPANY – ROOTS – PRODUCING INTEGRATED DEVICES THE XBOX 360 RIVAL SONY PLAYSTATION DOING VERY WELL IN LATE STAGE THIS CONSOLE CYCLE – CAPTURED 45 PER CENT CONSOLE SALES IN US IN HELPS MAKE UP VIDEO CONSOLE GAMES BEING SQUEEZED ONLINE GAMES HOWEVER MICROSOFT RELIED HARDWARE MANUFACTURERS – NOTABLY NOKIA – MAKE DEVICES WHICH WINDOWS PHONE SOFTWARE RUNS NOKIA’S LUMIA PHONES BEST RIVAL IPHONE.