Getting data from Adobe Flash

[rbulph]

How can I download data from Adobe Flash into vb.net?

[PlausiblyDamp]

Is the flash app inside an aspx page? What kind of data are you trying to download? Is this going to be continuous or a one time download? What are you planning on doing with the information from flash?

[rbulph]

Sorry, didn't see your reply. I'll make sure I subscribe to instant email notifications of replies now.

 

Betting prices from here hxxps://www.sportingindex.com/. So I'm looking to get the data continuously and use it for analytical purposes. I suppose I could be wrong about the data being in Adobe Acrobat - I just believe this to be the case because an Excel web query returns no results and occasionally I get a message that Adobe Acrobat has crashed.

 

Also I am looking at a website where an Excel web query does return results. How can I get this data into vb? Again I need the data continuously so I don't want to have to keep manually refreshing the spreadsheet. And it would be simpler if I could bypass the need for a spreadsheet altogether if possible.

 

Thanks.

Edited October 22, 2014 by rbulph

[PlausiblyDamp]

Doesn't look like it uses flash, all the prices are in the html itself. Parsing that is another matter entirely - if you search around these forums or at the sister site (http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/) you should find plenty of topics on parsing html.

[rbulph]

Doesn't look like it uses flash, all the prices are in the html itself. Parsing that is another matter entirely - if you search around these forums or at the sister site (http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/) you should find plenty of topics on parsing html.

 

Thanks. But I just ran a WebRequest on this page hxxps://www.sportingindex.com/spread-betting/horse-racing/indices/mm4.uk.meeting.4856484/9-25-kempton-50-30-20-10, and while I could find the names of the horses in it, the prices were absent. For instance:

 

"<li class="hide" key="MM4.uk.173823415" meetingKey=mm4.uk.meeting.4856484>

<a href="#" class="info">Info</a>

<span class="markets">Forceful Beacon</span>

<span class="sofar"></span>

<span class="price"></span>

<span class="indicator"></span>

</li>"

Edited October 22, 2014 by rbulph

[rbulph]

Thanks. But I just ran a WebRequest on this page hxxps://www.sportingindex.com/spread-betting/horse-racing/indices/mm4.uk.meeting.4856484/9-25-kempton-50-30-20-10, and while I could find the names of the horses in it, the prices were absent. For instance:

 

"<li class="hide" key="MM4.uk.173823415" meetingKey=mm4.uk.meeting.4856484>

<a href="#" class="info">Info</a>

<span class="markets">Forceful Beacon</span>

<span class="sofar"></span>

<span class="price"></span>

<span class="indicator"></span>

</li>"

 

So I don't really know how the price itself is delivered. Somebody here has done it, but it's quite involved and he used JSON, certainly wasn't just able to look at the html.

 

Grateful for any further pointers for how to do this, otherwise I suppose I should be reading through the article I've referenced.

[rbulph]

Grief, parsing html is tedious. Anyway I'm looking at another site now - sports.spreadex.com/en-GB/spread-betting/Horse-Racing. Again I can do a WebRequest but this doesn't contain the prices. Any idea how I can got hold of the prices on this page?