>Hello world,
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>I am writing an appliction that tracks the sale of collectables on ebay (just ebay for now, perhaps other online auction sites in addition later).
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>On the page for an auction item, sometimes VFP can pick up the description text in the innerText, and in that case I can get it. However, on about half the item pages, the description text does not show up in innerText or outerText. How can I get it?
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>For example, see this page:
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>http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?MfcISAPICommand=ViewItem&Item=1229355884
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>You can also go to this page by going to to www.ebay.com, and pasting the item number (1229355884, at the end of the URL line above) into the SmartSearch field. (Then hit Enter.)
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>The description text appears immediately under the horizontal "Description" line. If you open the page in your web browser, and choose View, Source, the description text will appear a couple of lines under the Description anchor:
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>How can I get it?
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>Thanks,
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>Rick Graves (displaced person currently residing in Hong Kong)

Hi Rick,

Check the title tag. I believe you can parse the description with some reliability.