>
>You would need to try to automate IE for that which is not an XML 
>problem at all so not sure why you ask here.
>The docs for IE automation are here:
><http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/browser/webbrowser/reference/objects/internetexplorer.asp>

OK, maybe I should have asked it this way, using VBA's CreateObject
function, I utilize the following code snippet to launch a brief
Microsoft XML HTTP session. With the URL shown, there is
no problem capturing the webpage source (eBay's time server).
On the other hand, I cannot say the same for this site:
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/anim
Can someone explain to me why the navy site causes my Access
application to lock up tighter than a nun's ass?
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Set msXML = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
MyURL =
"http://cgi1.eXXXbay.com/aw-cgi/eXXXBayISAPI.dll?TimeShow&hc=1&hm=td.s5ddl7437"
' The REAL URL does not contain any "XXX" string snippets. Remove them
' to get the REAL URL. Cannot post eBay in a URL string on this forum.
' Sorry.
msXML.Open "GET", MyURL, False
msXML.send
strPageContent = msXML.responseText
Set msXML = Nothing
Debug.Print Len(strPageContent)
Debug.Print strPageContent