Gary
What you need is throw a Web Browser control in your form ( or if programmatically, CreateObject("InternetExplorer.Application") ).
Then use the Document property of your IE Object to navigate through it's model ( DOM ). Do a search on HTML DOM in the MS website , and i think there is somewhere a help file for it in your system, but i don't remember.
Anyway, using DOM properties and methods, you can remotely 'drive' your site and check its properties.

HTH
Jaime


>Well not exactly web service, actually what I need to do is reach out to the web, connect to a site, login select from a menu to get to my search page. I figure someone out there can help me with this, now comes the hard part, the search page has multiple frames, the left frame has about 15 static choices (click on one and the right frame displays minimum and maximum boxes and a OK button, then back to the left frame for the next selection etc., then after the static choices there is a drop down menu (still in the left frame) with 50+ more static choices (and back to the right frame to enter the data).
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>So lets say that we navigate all this crap, then there is a count button that returns the count of the found records. If it’s >200 I’ll have to go back and adjust the date range down until it’s >=200. Now select search button (new page) click on the select all button to tell it I actually want the data ;->, select the text format (again from a drop down menu) open the capture file, and retrieve the first of some 200 searches (most of the rest will cycle using similar search criteria).
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>No I’m not making this up! The web site that operates this way actually exists (and I believe that it was modeled after another horrible site – go figure).
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>I’m of the belief that anything I do with a keyboard and mouse I can accomplish programmatically, anyone out there got a clue where I can find some guidance on this project?
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>Bless you all and happy holiday season.
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>Gary