HTML Loader

This action is used to load HTML content, which can be loaded from a URL or from a file reference. The string content that represents the HTML is assigned to a property for further use. Some requests for HTML require authentication. Optional properties are provided to pass user name and password credentials to a request.

Features

The properties for this action are listed in the following table:

Property	Data Type	Access	Use
SourceURL	String	In and out	Controls the URL that is used to load the HTML content. It can be a Web URL such as http://www.server.com/MyPage.htm or a file-based URL such as C:\Reports\MyReport.htm. We recommend that you use Web-based requests due to application portability and easier administration. Use forward slashes (/) in Web URLs. A backslash (\) represents an escape character.
Timeout	Integer	In and out	Controls the amount of time (in seconds) the action waits for a response from the load request.
LoginName	String	In and out	This is an optional property. It provides credentials for authenticated HTTP requests.
LoginPassword	String	In and out	This is an optional property. It provides credentials for authenticated HTTP requests.
StringContent	String	Out	Contains the content of the loaded HTML page. If the load attempt fails, it contains an empty string.
Success	Boolean	Out	Indicates if the HTML load request succeeded or failed. If it failed, errors appear in the server trace log.