In Web lingo, it is called Web services. Try a search at MSDN for key words
"Web Services" or do a search on the Internet for "SOAP" and "XML".

Majid


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From: <keithblyth@h...>
To: "JavaScript HowTo" <javascript_howto@p...>
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 1:24 AM
Subject: [javascript_howto] Geting info from external sites


>
> This may be the wrong place to ask this question- sorry in advance if it
> is.
> I need to know if it is possible to get information from an external site.
> I have a site that want information on the local weather ,but do not want
> to have to enter the info in for each day after looking out of the window.
> So i was thinking it may be posible to write a script to parse through a
> web page and make a var equal to the local weather conditions and then use
> a case or if statment to change the setting on my page through dhtml.
> Or am i completley barking to think this is possible?