EXTRACT PLAIN TEXT FROM HTML FILE

[MarcoBoschi]

Hi,
Please I need, If it exist a freeware software that permits to me to extract plain text from an html file. Or other tips are welcome

Many Thanks

Marco

[karinha]

https://www.textfixer.com/html/html-to-text.php

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/htmlastext.html

https://github.com/grobian/html2text

[MarcoBoschi]

[karinha]

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// C:\FWH\SAMPLES\HTML2TXT.PRG

#include "FiveWin.ch"

MEMVAR cINNText

FUNCTION Main()

   LOCAL cFile := ".\GMAP.HTML"

   IF FILE( "Boschi.txt" )

      FERASE( "Boschi.txt" )

   ENDIF

   MsgRun( "WAIT... Converting HTML to TEXT. ", ;
           "Please, Wait                     ", ;
           { || WinExec( CONVERT_HTML2TXT( cFile ) ), 3 } )

   MemoEdit( MemoRead( "Boschi.txt" ) )

RETURN NIL

FUNCTION CONVERT_HTML2TXT( cFile )

   LOCAL oExplorer := TOLEAuto():New( "InternetExplorer.Application" )

   PRIV cINNText

   oExplorer:Navigate2( cFile )

   DO WHILE oExplorer:ReadyState <> 4

      hb_idleSleep( 1 )

   ENDDO

   cINNText := oExplorer:Document:Body:InnerText

   MemoWrit( "Boschi.txt", cINNText )

   // MemoEdit( MemoRead( "Boschi.txt" ) )

   oExplorer:Quit()

RETURN NIL

// FIN / END
 

Regards, saludos.