How to extract text from web page?

HTML: Make text appear on web page when text is entered into a textbox?

• Hello. I'm fairly new to HTML and I would like to see how the following would work. I've done this in VB using If statements and I want to do the same with web pages. So basically, suppose you have a code: XXXX When, you enter this code into a textbox on a web page, some text appears beneath it. This text links to another page. When you enter another code, YYYY, different text appears underneath. How can I do this in HTML without using My SQL or complicated scripts? It's so easy in Visual Basic 6, all I have to do is: Private Command Button_Click a = Text1.text If a = "XXXX" Then text2.text = "Hello, my name is Sarim Abbas. Click here to continue." End Sub How can I recreate this in HTML? Thanks !

• Answer:

  Use Javascript: Check contents of textarea with javascript function executed on appropriate event (see list below) and write content to an empty div.