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How can I Read HTML element via X++

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I'm wondering if there is a better way to read an HTML element using X++.  I'm able to use System.Net.WebClient and System.IO.StreamReader to specify a localized webpage and read in the html file as a string. Then, using StrScan I can find the specific element beginning and end positions to parse out the string from the specific HTML element I'm looking for.  This works, but seems clumsy. 

I'm wondering if there is a better, more succinct way to specify a http website and pull a specific element out of that page in X++.  I can make it work as is, but I'd prefer to make it work better.  Any thoughts?

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    Consider using regular expressions instead of strScan(). You won't get anything for that in AX itself, nevertheless you can easily call System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex class through .NET Interop.

    Alternatively, you could use some .NET libraries for parsing HTML.

    And if your page is actually well-formed XHTML, you can use any tools for XML.

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    Looks like Regular Expressions can do what I'm looking for.  Thanks for the suggestion.

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