I am trying to make an application that gets the HTML source from an already open webpage, mines data using regular expressions, stores the information in an array, then puts the data from each element of the array into a specific field of the Action Request System / Remedy User application. What function(s) can I use to make the application poll the user's system to get information about the currently open apps? I want the app to assume nothing, so it needs to find out if the Remedy app is running, if not throw a message instructing the user to start the program, if it is running, I want my app to be able to access the HTML source from a webpage, then access the appropriate fields/controls in the Remedy app for populating a new profile entry. I'd like to do this in C#, but I'd rather have something quick that works, so if I need to do it in VB, I will. Any help/suggestions will be much appreciated. Please post questions for me if I need to clarify this mess.

The System.Threading namespace has loads of helper classes for finding running processes. See msdn for more detailed info. It is all well documented.

As for accessing the source of webpages... that is tricky if you mean the true "source code" of the page. If it is a scripted page and you don't have the login/password to the ftp server that hosts the page then it is just about impossible. But if you mean you want the HTML returned to any browser, then I would recommend you use the WebClient class found in System.Net namespace. It is really handy.



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