It'd probably be fairly similar to what you'd write in VB6 to do the same thing. It's been years since I've used VB, and I never got too far into it in any case. I've always been more comfortable with the C-based languages.

Anywho, you can certainly acquire remote content via a programmatic http call, and then parse the results for what you want. I'm not aware of any existing library routines that allow direct manipulation of remote form controls, but then I haven't searched the docs for anything like that. With some coding on your part, however, you could definitely accomplish the kinds of things you mentioned.

It's an interesting idea. Were you thinking that the program would call specific, known, predictable content? Or would it need to deal with multiple, unknown pages and forms?

Essentially, we're talking about the notorious "screen scrape," to which I have sunk on occassion. The practice, if not actually "loaded" with technical and ethical issues, certainly has it's fair share.