Re: [Htmlparser-user] Searching HTML for areas not in tags

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This doesn't look like a HTML problem. Are you sure HTML Parser is the 
tool to use here.
Why not just code it as a regular file modification?

'Sam Birch' wrote:

>Hi
>I've got a load of HTML templates that I want to access via HTMLParser to
>alter the text in them. The text at the start of the template is of the
>form:
>
>!ADMIN LOG
>  !AD_PARAM TEXT = A message here
>!END_ADMIN
>
><table>
>.
>.
>.
>
>I'm trying to replace the text "A message here" with something else. I'm
>trying to put together a tag to extract this, but the problem is that
>since there is no <> tag at the start of the HTML, HTMLParser can't
>identify the text I want. I've tried using "" as the mID for the tag - but
>no luck. If I use Firefox's DOM explorer to view the page, it will
>"magically" generate the <HTML> and <BODY> tags such that the page makes
>sense. Is there any way for me to do something similar in HTMLParser? Or
>perhaps check for specific text (e.g. !ADMIN - this text doesn't appear
>anywhere else in my HTML)
>
>Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
>
>Sam
>
>
>
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