RSS2HTML Scout

Hello, World! example for RSS2HTML Scout library and Visual C#
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Quick Guide: How to convert RSS into HTML using Visual C# (Visual Studio.NET) and SWF Scout library

 

You can download the source code of this example here: rss2htmlscout_csharp.zip

This page will teach you how to use Visual C# and RSS2HTML Scout library to convert RSS into HTML

RSS2HTML Scout is capable of downloading RSS feeds using built-in multi-threaded and converting RSS into HTML code using HTML templates (check online documentation for more information about templates)

Download and install the latest version of RSS2HTML Scout. You can download it here

1) Run Microsoft Visual Studio.NET

 Go to New menu and click Project... to create new Visual C# project
 
VC# IDE file menu
 
New Project Wizard will appear. Select Windows Application in Visual C# Projects group:
 
New project wizard in ñ sharp
 
2) Visual C# will create a new empty project:
 
New project generated by C# project wizard
 
3) To use RSS2HTML Scout library in Visual C# application we should add reference to RSS2HTML Scout library. Select Project in main menu and then select Add Reference command:
 
Add reference menu in VC#
 
Switch to COM tab and find RSS2HTML Scout library in the list of available ActiveX/COM objects:
 
Switch to COM tab and find RSS2HTML Scout library in the list of available COM objects:
 
Add reference dialog
 
Now click on Select button to add reference to RSS2HTML Scout and click OK
 

Click OK button

 

4) Double-click on form Form1 to create Form1_Load procedure (this procedure will be execute on Form1.OnLoad event):
 
Blank form in C# project
 
The Source code editor window will appear:
 
Auto generated form load procedure
 
5) The following code snippet generates simple "Hello, World!" SWF flash movie and saves it into "c:\shapes.swf" file:
 
               private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
               {
                               
               RSS2HTMLScoutLib.RSS2HTMLScout RSS2HTML = new RSS2HTMLScoutLib.RSS2HTMLScout();
                       
               RSS2HTML.ItemsPerFeed = 5; // limit 5 latest items per feed

               RSS2HTML.AddFeed ("http://bytescout.com/news.xml", 180); // update every 180 minutes (3 hours)
               RSS2HTML.Execute();

               RSS2HTML.SaveOutputToFile("c:\\RSS2HTMLOutput.html");
               }
Hint:
 
You can simply copy the source code from the snippet above and paste into Visual C# source code editor.
 
 
6) Press F5 to run the application (you can also use "Debug" | "Start" menu command) and Visual C#.NET will run the application:
Start project menu
 
The application will convert RSS into HTML and this HTML codes will be saved as "c:\RSS2HTMLOutput.html" file.
You can view generated HTML file using Internet Explorer or another browser. To display HTML files in your Visual Basic application please use WebBrowser control
 


 
You can download the source code of this example here: swfscout_csharp.zip

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