Retrieve information from internet into Lookout

[fadihindi]

Is there any way to retrieve data from a website into a Lookout object? For example there are websites that post tables of data, presuming that I would have the appropriate information (url, field, etc), I would like to read some of this data into one or more Lookout objects, such as an expression. If not, is there an alternative solution, such as retrieving the data into another program, and using DDE or some other path to get the data into Lookout? Any suggestion would be appreciated.

[Khalid]

Fadi,

You should be able to use the DataSocket Object for this.  Please see the following post by yours truly  : 

http://forums.ni.com/ni/board/message?board.id=190&message.id=1176

You will use 'HTTP' instead of the 'file,' obviously.  You will very likely (I didn't test this) get raw source for the web page (HTML/script, etc.). 

Alternatively, and theoretically at least, you should be able to use the IE ActiveX Control as well. 

Hope this gives you some ideas. 

-Khalid