Please help a newbie

Hi guys, Newbie here,

I am using Visual Basic 6.0(SP3) and am using the inet.execute "POST" function to send some name=value pair variables to a VB CGI script. I didn't write the CGI script but this is what it looks like to get the input

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Public Function CGIStdIn() As String

Dim lngStdInput As Long                 ' Handle of Standard Input
Dim strStdInput As String               ' String of Standard Input
Dim lngNumberOfBytesToRead As Long      ' Number of bytes in standard input
Dim lngNumberOfBytesRead As Long        ' Number of bytes read in standard input
Dim typOverlapped As OVERLAPPED         ' Structure used in ReadFile() function call
Dim lngResult As Long                   ' Did Standard Input Work?

    On Error Resume Next
   
    lngStdInput = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE)    ' Get standard input handle
    CGIStdIn = ""
   
    If lngStdInput > -1 Then                        ' If a valid handle was found

' Find out how big the input stream is

        lngNumberOfBytesToRead = CLng(Environ("CONTENT_LENGTH"))
       
' Initialize string variable to store the standard input stream

        strStdInput = String(lngNumberOfBytesToRead, " ")
        lngResult = ReadFile(lngStdInput, strStdInput, lngNumberOfBytesToRead, _
                        lngNumberOfBytesRead, typOverlapped)
        strStdInput = RTrim(strStdInput)            ' Get rid of any trailing spaces
        CGIStdIn = strStdInput       ' Return standard input stream
    End If

    If CGIStdIn <> "" Then
   
' Add the tail of the string if <CR> was hit instead of the login button
       
        If Right(CGIStdIn, 1) <> "&" Then
            CGIStdIn = CGIStdIn & "&Login_Submit=Login"
        End If
    End If

End Function

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Now here's the problem, it works fine when you push the login button from the browser, but when I try to use my VB application to post info to the script, all I get is a No response timeout. Can anyone help me with a reason why the VB CGI script does not like this POST?

I'm pretty sure my code should work, all indications from examples suggest it should.

Private Sub cmdPOST_Click()
   picTic.Visible = True
   txtData.Text = ""
   
   Dim fnum As Integer
   Dim file_name As String
   Dim got_file As Boolean
   Dim txt As String

    ' Get the file's name.
    file_name = App.Path
    If Right$(file_name, 1) <> "\" Then file_name = file_name & "\"
    file_name = file_name & "logins.txt"
   
    ' Open the file.
    fnum = FreeFile
    On Error Resume Next
    Open file_name For Input As fnum
    got_file = (Err.Number = 0)
    On Error GoTo 0

    If got_file Then
        ' Read the text.
        Do Until EOF(fnum)
        Dim i As Integer
        Dim sArray As Variant
            Input #fnum, txt
            sArray = Split(txt)
            txtRemotePath.Text = "MNO=" & sArray(0) & "&PWD=" & sArray(1) _
            & "&BSB=NTV25"
        Loop
        ' Close the file.
    Close fnum
    End If
   
   Inet1.Execute txtURL.Text, "POST", txtRemotePath.Text, _
   "enctype: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
   
    Exit Sub

End Sub

Thanks in advance
nathan