(VB.NET) Download HTML from URL and Convert to XML

Downloads an HTML page from a URL and converts it to XML.

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' Note: This example requires the Chilkat Bundle license.

' Any string argument automatically begins the 30-day trial.
Dim glob As New Chilkat.Global
Dim success As Boolean = glob.UnlockBundle("30-day trial")
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(glob.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim http As New Chilkat.Http

Dim html As String
html = http.QuickGetStr("http://www.intel.com/")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


Dim htmlToXml As New Chilkat.HtmlToXml

' Indicate the charset of the output XML we'll want.
htmlToXml.XmlCharset = "utf-8"

' Set the HTML:
htmlToXml.Html = html

' Convert to XML:
Dim xml As String
xml = htmlToXml.ToXml()

' Save the XML to a file.
' Make sure your charset here matches the charset
' used for the XmlCharset property.
success = htmlToXml.WriteStringToFile(xml,"qa_output/out.xml","utf-8")

Debug.WriteLine("Finished.")