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Altin
Altin

Reputation: 2245

Replace HTML Form Element?

I have this HTML code:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE></TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY>

<form action="http://www.aweber.com/scripts/addlead.pl" method="post">
<input id="email" class="text" type="text" size="20" value="Enter your best email" name="email" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Enter your best email';}" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Enter your best email') {this.value = '';}" />
<input type="hidden" name="meta_web_form_id" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_split_id" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="listname" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_adtracking" value="">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_message" value="1">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_required" value="email">
<input type="hidden" name="meta_tooltip" value="">
<div style="padding-top:5px;">
<center><input class="button1" id="submit" type="image" src="red_getwaitinglist.png" name="submit" value="Get Instant Access"/></center>
</div>
</form>

</BODY>
</HTML>

and I'm using this Function to replace the element using RegEx:

Function StripTags(ByVal html As String, ByVal replace As String) As String
    Return Regex.Replace(html, "<form.+?</form>", replace)
End Function

but it doesn't seem to work. It returns the same code (no replacement).

I don't know much of regex so I'm assuming the RegEx syntax might be wrong. Can someone help me with that or show me where I'm wrong?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 945

Answers (1)

Olaf Dietsche
Olaf Dietsche

Reputation: 74028

Append the RegexOption Singleline. Without this . will not match newlines.

Return Regex.Replace(html, "<form.+?</form>", replace, RegexOptions.Singleline)

See RegexOptions Enumeration for more details.

Upvotes: 1

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