[Villain]

Hey everyone,

I currently am making a program which checks your pm's on a site.

Atm, it just has login system, which does work through web request.

But I was wondering, how can I make it so I can check pm's on the site, like how can I make a button check for the text " You have X number of private messages etc, also how can I make it so if it says 1 message, or 2 message etc, a label says how many too?

Thanks.

[Xanii]

You would need to do a login request, then scan the page by either using REGEX or SPLIT, find Private Messages (Unread X, Total Y), then you would need to parse out the UNREAD X variable.

[Villain]

You would need to do a login request, then scan the page by either using REGEX or SPLIT, find Private Messages (Unread X, Total Y), then you would need to parse out the UNREAD X variable.

I have login, that works fine atm, also what are REGEX/SPLIT?

Are they external programs?

[Eternity]

You would need to do a login request, then scan the page by either using REGEX or SPLIT, find Private Messages (Unread X, Total Y), then you would need to parse out the UNREAD X variable.

I have login, that works fine atm, also what are REGEX/SPLIT?

Are they external programs?

No, they are libraries built-in to the .NET framework.
Essentially what they do is parse text to give you for example what xanii told you, an variable.
Google them up.

[Madara-Uchiha]

Use Httpwebrequest / response to get the sites sourcecode and filter the read/unread messages by Regex. Then Display the numbers e.g. in a label. Done.

[Shebang]

[code=vbnet]'WebClient Example
Dim W As New WebClient
Dim source As String = W.DownloadString("http://www.codecommunity.net/")
Dim TotalUnread As String = Split(source, "(Unread ")(1).Split(",")(0)[/code]

[Eternity]

[code=vbnet]'WebClient Example
Dim W As New WebClient
Dim source As String = W.DownloadString("http://www.codecommunity.net/")
Dim TotalUnread As String = Split(source, "(Unread ")(1).Split(",")(0)[/code]

Didn't know it was that easy o.O


- sent from android

[Shebang]

[code=vbnet]'WebClient Example
Dim W As New WebClient
Dim source As String = W.DownloadString("http://www.codecommunity.net/")
Dim TotalUnread As String = Split(source, "(Unread ")(1).Split(",")(0)[/code]

Didn't know it was that easy o.O


- sent from android

Split isn't hard to use Apparently some people have a lot of issues with it.

[Villain]

[code=vbnet]'WebClient Example
Dim W As New WebClient
Dim source As String = W.DownloadString("http://www.codecommunity.net/")
Dim TotalUnread As String = Split(source, "(Unread ")(1).Split(",")(0)[/code]

So, do I put that code onto a button?

Also, how would I make the results show on a label?

[Shebang]

[code=vbnet]'WebClient Example
Dim W As New WebClient
Dim source As String = W.DownloadString("http://www.codecommunity.net/")
Dim TotalUnread As String = Split(source, "(Unread ")(1).Split(",")(0)[/code]

So, do I put that code onto a button?

Also, how would I make the results show on a label?

Yes, just put it on a button.
[code=vbnet]Label1.Text = "You have " & TotalUnread & " unread messages."[/code]