title: HTTP get request in Visual Basic
body: <p>I am totally new to VB as I have just started to learn it.</p>
  
  <p>I have already created a user form with an input text box and a button. I want to be able to scan a barcode and implement it into this link: <code>http://openean.kaufkauf.net/?ean=\[ean\]&amp;cmd=query&amp;queryid=200000000</code> replacing <code>[ean]</code> with the numbers from the barcode. </p>
  
  <p>Afterwards make a HTTP GET request and having the result pop up in a message box. I do not know how to take the value of the text box, paste it into the link and make the request.</p>