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Internet Transfer Control Problem

hello i hope someone can help me here, i am using the Internet Transfer Control to post data to a web page and then retrieve the results from that page but when i call the execute command i get the error >

runtime error '35756'
unable to complete request

what does that mean and why does it do that?

or is there another way i can post data to as web page that replys with the query result

DanielBlais

See 2 example at end. One with GET method, the other with POST method.

Here, the wininet.bas file :

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
'
' WININET.TXT -- WININET API Declarations for Visual Basic
'
' Copyright (C) 1998 Microsoft Corporation
'
' This file is required for the Visual Basic 6.0 version of the APILoader.
' This file is backwards compatible with previous releases
' of the APILoader with the exception that public constants are no longer declared
' as Global or Public in this file.
'
' This file contains only the public const, Type,
' and Declare statements for the WININET APIs.
'
' You have a royalty-free right to use, modify, reproduce and distribute
' this file (and/or any modified version) in any way you find useful,
' provided that you agree that Microsoft has no warranty, obligation or
' liability for its contents. Refer to the Microsoft Windows Programmer's
' Reference for further information.
'
' ------------------------------------------------------------------------

Public Const MAX_PATH = 260
Public Const NO_ERROR = 0
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_READONLY = &H1
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_HIDDEN = &H2
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_SYSTEM = &H4
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY = &H10
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_ARCHIVE = &H20
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL = &H80
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_TEMPORARY = &H100
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_COMPRESSED = &H800
Public Const FILE_ATTRIBUTE_OFFLINE = &H1000

Type FILETIME
dwLowDateTime As Long
dwHighDateTime As Long
End Type

Type WIN32_FIND_DATA
dwFileAttributes As Long
ftCreationTime As FILETIME
ftLastAccessTime As FILETIME
ftLastWriteTime As FILETIME
nFileSizeHigh As Long
nFileSizeLow As Long
dwReserved0 As Long
dwReserved1 As Long
cFileName As String * MAX_PATH
cAlternate As String * 14
End Type

Public Const ERROR_NO_MORE_FILES = 18

Declare Function InternetFindNextFile Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "InternetFindNextFileA" (ByVal hFind As Long, lpvFindData As WIN32_FIND_DATA) As Long

Declare Function FtpFindFirstFile Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "FtpFindFirstFileA" (ByVal hFtpSession As Long, ByVal lpszSearchFile As String, lpFindFileData As WIN32_FIND_DATA, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwContent As Long) As Long

Declare Function FtpGetFile Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "FtpGetFileA" (ByVal hFtpSession As Long, ByVal lpszRemoteFile As String, ByVal lpszNewFile As String, ByVal fFailIfExists As Boolean, ByVal dwFlagsAndAttributes As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwContext As Long) As Boolean

Declare Function FtpPutFile Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "FtpPutFileA" (ByVal hFtpSession As Long, ByVal lpszLocalFile As String, ByVal lpszRemoteFile As String, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwContext As Long) As Boolean

Declare Function FtpSetCurrentDirectory Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "FtpSetCurrentDirectoryA" (ByVal hFtpSession As Long, ByVal lpszDirectory As String) As Boolean

Declare Function FtpGetCurrentDirectory Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "FtpGetCurrentDirectoryA" (ByVal hFtpSession As Long, ByVal lpszDirectory As String, ByRef lpdwCurrentDirectory As Long) As Boolean

' Initializes an application's use of the Win32 Internet functions
Declare Function InternetOpen Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "InternetOpenA" (ByVal sAgent As String, ByVal lAccessType As Long, ByVal sProxyName As String, ByVal sProxyBypass As String, ByVal lFlags As Long) As Long

' User agent public constant.
Public Const scUserAgent = "vb wininet"

' Use registry access settings.
Public Const INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG = 0
Public Const INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_DIRECT = 1
Public Const INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PROXY = 3
Public Const INTERNET_INVALID_PORT_NUMBER = 0

Public Const FTP_TRANSFER_TYPE_ASCII = &H1
Public Const FTP_TRANSFER_TYPE_BINARY = &H2

' Opens a HTTP session for a given site.
Declare Function InternetConnect Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "InternetConnectA" (ByVal hInternetSession As Long, ByVal sServerName As String, ByVal nServerPort As Integer, ByVal sUsername As String, ByVal sPassword As String, ByVal lService As Long, ByVal lFlags As Long, ByVal lContext As Long) As Long

Declare Function InternetGetLastResponseInfo Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "InternetGetLastResponseInfoA" (lpdwError As Long, ByVal lpszBuffer As String, lpdwBufferLength As Long) As Boolean

' Number of the TCP/IP port on the server to connect to.
Public Const INTERNET_DEFAULT_FTP_PORT = 21
Public Const INTERNET_DEFAULT_GOPHER_PORT = 70
Public Const INTERNET_DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT = 80
Public Const INTERNET_DEFAULT_HTTPS_PORT = 443
Public Const INTERNET_DEFAULT_SOCKS_PORT = 1080

Public Const INTERNET_OPTION_CONNECT_TIMEOUT = 2
Public Const INTERNET_OPTION_RECEIVE_TIMEOUT = 6
Public Const INTERNET_OPTION_SEND_TIMEOUT = 5

Public Const INTERNET_OPTION_USERNAME = 28
Public Const INTERNET_OPTION_PASSWORD = 29
Public Const INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY_USERNAME = 43
Public Const INTERNET_OPTION_PROXY_PASSWORD = 44

' Type of service to access.
Public Const INTERNET_SERVICE_FTP = 1
Public Const INTERNET_SERVICE_GOPHER = 2
Public Const INTERNET_SERVICE_HTTP = 3

' Opens an HTTP request handle.
Declare Function HttpOpenRequest Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "HttpOpenRequestA" (ByVal hHttpSession As Long, ByVal sVerb As String, ByVal sObjectName As String, ByVal sVersion As String, ByVal sReferer As String, ByVal something As Long, ByVal lFlags As Long, ByVal lContext As Long) As Long

Public Const GENERIC_READ = &H80000000
Public Const GENERIC_WRITE = &H40000000

' Sends the specified request to the HTTP server.
Declare Function HttpSendRequest Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "HttpSendRequestA" (ByVal hHttpRequest As Long, ByVal sHeaders As String, ByVal lHeadersLength As Long, ByVal sOptional As String, ByVal lOptionalLength As Long) As Integer

' Queries for information about an HTTP request.
Declare Function HttpQueryInfo Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "HttpQueryInfoA" (ByVal hHttpRequest As Long, ByVal lInfoLevel As Long, ByRef sBuffer As Any, ByRef lBufferLength As Long, ByRef lIndex As Long) As Integer

' InternetErrorDlg
Declare Function InternetErrorDlg Lib "wininet.dll" (ByVal hWnd As Long, ByVal hInternet As Long, ByVal dwError As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal lppvData As Long) As Long

' InternetErrorDlg public constants
Public Const FLAGS_ERROR_UI_FILTER_FOR_ERRORS = &H1
Public Const FLAGS_ERROR_UI_FLAGS_CHANGE_OPTIONS = &H2
Public Const FLAGS_ERROR_UI_FLAGS_GENERATE_DATA = &H4
Public Const FLAGS_ERROR_UI_FLAGS_NO_UI = &H8
Public Const FLAGS_ERROR_UI_SERIALIZE_DIALOGS = &H10

Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32.dll" () As Long

' The possible values for the lInfoLevel parameter include:
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_CONTENT_TYPE = 1
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_CONTENT_LENGTH = 5
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_EXPIRES = 10
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_LAST_MODIFIED = 11
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_PRAGMA = 17
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_VERSION = 18
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_STATUS_CODE = 19
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_STATUS_TEXT = 20
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_RAW_HEADERS = 21
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_RAW_HEADERS_CRLF = 22
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_FORWARDED = 30
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_SERVER = 37
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_USER_AGENT = 39
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_SET_COOKIE = 43
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_REQUEST_METHOD = 45
Public Const HTTP_STATUS_DENIED = 401
Public Const HTTP_STATUS_PROXY_AUTH_REQ = 407

' Add this flag to the about flags to get request header.
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_FLAG_REQUEST_HEADERS = &H80000000
Public Const HTTP_QUERY_FLAG_NUMBER = &H20000000

' Reads data from a handle opened by the HttpOpenRequest function.
Declare Function InternetReadFile Lib "wininet.dll" (ByVal hFile As Long, ByVal sBuffer As String, ByVal lNumBytesToRead As Long, lNumberOfBytesRead As Long) As Integer

Type INTERNET_BUFFERS
dwStructSize As Long ' used for API versioning. Set to sizeof(INTERNET_BUFFERS)
Next As Long ' INTERNET_BUFFERS chain of buffers
lpcszHeader As Long ' pointer to headers (may be NULL)
dwHeadersLength As Long ' length of headers if not NULL
dwHeadersTotal As Long ' size of headers if not enough buffer
lpvBuffer As Long ' pointer to data buffer (may be NULL)
dwBufferLength As Long ' length of data buffer if not NULL
dwBufferTotal As Long ' total size of chunk, or content-length if not chunked
dwOffsetLow As Long ' used for read-ranges (only used in HttpSendRequest2)
dwOffsetHigh As Long
End Type

Declare Function HttpSendRequestEx Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "HttpSendRequestExA" (ByVal hHttpRequest As Long, lpBuffersIn As INTERNET_BUFFERS, ByVal lpBuffersOut As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwContext As Long) As Long

Declare Function HttpEndRequest Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "HttpEndRequestA" (ByVal hHttpRequest As Long, ByVal lpBuffersOut As Long, ByVal dwFlags As Long, ByVal dwContext As Long) As Long

Declare Function InternetWriteFile Lib "wininet.dll" (ByVal hFile As Long, ByVal sBuffer As String, ByVal lNumberOfBytesToRead As Long, lNumberOfBytesRead As Long) As Integer

Declare Function FtpOpenFile Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "FtpOpenFileA" (ByVal hFtpSession As Long, ByVal sFileName As String, ByVal lAccess As Long, ByVal lFlags As Long, ByVal lContext As Long) As Long

Declare Function FtpDeleteFile Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "FtpDeleteFileA" (ByVal hFtpSession As Long, ByVal lpszFileName As String) As Boolean

Declare Function InternetSetOption Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "InternetSetOptionA" (ByVal hInternet As Long, ByVal lOption As Long, ByRef sBuffer As Any, ByVal lBufferLength As Long) As Integer

Declare Function InternetSetOptionStr Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "InternetSetOptionA" (ByVal hInternet As Long, ByVal lOption As Long, ByVal sBuffer As String, ByVal lBufferLength As Long) As Integer

' Closes a single Internet handle or a subtree of Internet handles.
Declare Function InternetCloseHandle Lib "wininet.dll" (ByVal hInet As Long) As Integer

' Queries an Internet option on the specified handle
Declare Function InternetQueryOption Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "InternetQueryOptionA" (ByVal hInternet As Long, ByVal lOption As Long, ByRef sBuffer As Any, ByRef lBufferLength As Long) As Integer

' Returns the version number of Wininet.dll.
Public Const INTERNET_OPTION_VERSION = 40

' Contains the version number of the DLL that contains the Windows Internet
' functions (Wininet.dll). This structure is used when passing the
' INTERNET_OPTION_VERSION flag to the InternetQueryOption function.
Type tWinInetDLLVersion
lMajorVersion As Long
lMinorVersion As Long
End Type

' Adds one or more HTTP request headers to the HTTP request handle.
Declare Function HttpAddRequestHeaders Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "HttpAddRequestHeadersA" (ByVal hHttpRequest As Long, ByVal sHeaders As String, ByVal lHeadersLength As Long, ByVal lModifiers As Long) As Integer

' Flags to modify the semantics of this function. Can be a combination of these values:

' Adds the header only if it does not already exist; otherwise, an error is returned.
Public Const HTTP_ADDREQ_FLAG_ADD_IF_NEW = &H10000000

' Adds the header if it does not exist. Used with REPLACE.
Public Const HTTP_ADDREQ_FLAG_ADD = &H20000000

' Replaces or removes a header. If the header value is empty and the header is found,
' it is removed. If not empty, the header value is replaced
Public Const HTTP_ADDREQ_FLAG_REPLACE = &H80000000

' Internet Errors
Public Const INTERNET_ERROR_BASE = 12000

Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_OUT_OF_HANDLES = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 1)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_TIMEOUT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 2)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_EXTENDED_ERROR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 3)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INTERNAL_ERROR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 4)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_URL = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 5)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_UNRECOGNIZED_SCHEME = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 6)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 7)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_PROTOCOL_NOT_FOUND = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 8)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_OPTION = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 9)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_BAD_OPTION_LENGTH = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 10)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_OPTION_NOT_SETTABLE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 11)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SHUTDOWN = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 12)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_USER_NAME = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 13)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_PASSWORD = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 14)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_LOGIN_FAILURE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 15)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_OPERATION = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 16)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_OPERATION_CANCELLED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 17)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_HANDLE_TYPE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 18)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_HANDLE_STATE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 19)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NOT_PROXY_REQUEST = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 20)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_REGISTRY_VALUE_NOT_FOUND = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 21)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_BAD_REGISTRY_PARAMETER = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 22)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NO_DIRECT_ACCESS = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 23)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NO_CONTEXT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 24)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NO_CALLBACK = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 25)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_REQUEST_PENDING = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 26)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_FORMAT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 27)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_ITEM_NOT_FOUND = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 28)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_CANNOT_CONNECT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 29)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_CONNECTION_ABORTED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 30)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_CONNECTION_RESET = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 31)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_FORCE_RETRY = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 32)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_PROXY_REQUEST = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 33)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NEED_UI = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 34)

Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_HANDLE_EXISTS = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 36)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_DATE_INVALID = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 37)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_CN_INVALID = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 38)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_HTTP_TO_HTTPS_ON_REDIR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 39)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_HTTPS_TO_HTTP_ON_REDIR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 40)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_MIXED_SECURITY = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 41)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_CHG_POST_IS_NON_SECURE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 42)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_POST_IS_NON_SECURE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 43)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_CLIENT_AUTH_CERT_NEEDED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 44)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_CA = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 45)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_CLIENT_AUTH_NOT_SETUP = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 46)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_ASYNC_THREAD_FAILED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 47)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_REDIRECT_SCHEME_CHANGE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 48)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_DIALOG_PENDING = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 49)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_RETRY_DIALOG = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 50)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_HTTPS_HTTP_SUBMIT_REDIR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 52)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INSERT_CDROM = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 53)

' FTP API errors

Public Const ERROR_FTP_TRANSFER_IN_PROGRESS = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 110)
Public Const ERROR_FTP_DROPPED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 111)
Public Const ERROR_FTP_NO_PASSIVE_MODE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 112)

' gopher API errors

Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_PROTOCOL_ERROR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 130)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_NOT_FILE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 131)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_DATA_ERROR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 132)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_END_OF_DATA = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 133)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_INVALID_LOCATOR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 134)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_INCORRECT_LOCATOR_TYPE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 135)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_NOT_GOPHER_PLUS = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 136)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_FOUND = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 137)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_UNKNOWN_LOCATOR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 138)

' HTTP API errors

Public Const ERROR_HTTP_HEADER_NOT_FOUND = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 150)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_DOWNLEVEL_SERVER = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 151)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_INVALID_SERVER_RESPONSE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 152)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_INVALID_HEADER = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 153)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_INVALID_QUERY_REQUEST = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 154)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_HEADER_ALREADY_EXISTS = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 155)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_REDIRECT_FAILED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 156)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_NOT_REDIRECTED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 160)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_COOKIE_NEEDS_CONFIRMATION = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 161)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_COOKIE_DECLINED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 162)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_REDIRECT_NEEDS_CONFIRMATION = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 168)

' additional Internet API error codes

Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SECURITY_CHANNEL_ERROR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 157)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_UNABLE_TO_CACHE_FILE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 158)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_TCPIP_NOT_INSTALLED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 159)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 163)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SERVER_UNREACHABLE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 164)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_PROXY_SERVER_UNREACHABLE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 165)

Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_BAD_AUTO_PROXY_SCRIPT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 166)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_UNABLE_TO_DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 167)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_INVALID_CERT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 169)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_REVOKED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 170)

' InternetAutodial specific errors

Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_FAILED_DUETOSECURITYCHECK = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 171)

Public Const INTERNET_ERROR_LAST = ERROR_INTERNET_FAILED_DUETOSECURITYCHECK

'
' flags common to open functions (not InternetOpen()):
'

Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD = &H80000000 ' retrieve the original item

'
' flags for InternetOpenUrl():
'

Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_RAW_DATA = &H40000000 ' FTP/gopher find: receive the item as raw (structured) Data
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_EXISTING_CONNECT = &H20000000 ' FTP: use existing InternetConnect handle for server if possible

'
' flags for InternetOpen():
'

Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_ASYNC = &H10000000 ' this request is asynchronous (where supported)

'
' protocol-specific flags:
'

Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_PASSIVE = &H8000000 ' used for FTP connections

'
' additional cache flags
'

Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_NO_CACHE_WRITE = &H4000000 ' don't write this item to the cache
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_DONT_CACHE = INTERNET_FLAG_NO_CACHE_WRITE
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_MAKE_PERSISTENT = &H2000000 ' make this item persistent in cache
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_FROM_CACHE = &H1000000 ' use offline semantics
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_OFFLINE = INTERNET_FLAG_FROM_CACHE

'
' additional flags
'

Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_SECURE = &H800000 ' use PCT/SSL if applicable (HTTP)
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_KEEP_CONNECTION = &H400000 ' use keep-alive semantics
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_NO_AUTO_REDIRECT = &H200000 ' don't handle redirections automatically
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_READ_PREFETCH = &H100000 ' do background read prefetch
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_NO_COOKIES = &H80000 ' no automatic cookie handling
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_NO_AUTH = &H40000 ' no automatic authentication handling
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_CACHE_IF_NET_FAIL = &H10000 ' return cache file if net request fails

'
' Security Ignore Flags, Allow HttpOpenRequest to overide
' Secure Channel (SSL/PCT) failures of the following types.
'

Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTP = &H8000 ' ex: https:// to http://
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS = &H4000 ' ex: http:// to https://
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_CERT_DATE_INVALID = &H2000 ' expired X509 Cert.
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_CERT_CN_INVALID = &H1000 ' bad common name in X509 Cert.

'
' more caching flags
'

Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_RESYNCHRONIZE = &H800 ' asking wininet to update an item if it is newer
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_HYPERLINK = &H400 ' asking wininet to do hyperlinking semantic which works right for scripts
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_NO_UI = &H200 ' no cookie popup
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_PRAGMA_NOCACHE = &H100 ' asking wininet to add "pragma: no-cache"
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_CACHE_ASYNC = &H80 ' ok to perform lazy cache-write
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_FORMS_SUBMIT = &H40 ' this is a forms submit
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_NEED_FILE = &H10 ' need a file for this request
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_MUST_CACHE_REQUEST = INTERNET_FLAG_NEED_FILE

'
' flags for FTP
'

Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_TRANSFER_ASCII = FTP_TRANSFER_TYPE_ASCII ' = &H00000001
Public Const INTERNET_FLAG_TRANSFER_BINARY = FTP_TRANSFER_TYPE_BINARY ' = &H00000002

'
' flags field masks
'

Public Const SECURITY_INTERNET_MASK = INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_CERT_CN_INVALID Or INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_CERT_DATE_INVALID Or INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTPS Or INTERNET_FLAG_IGNORE_REDIRECT_TO_HTTP

Public Const INTERNET_FLAGS_MASK = INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD Or _
INTERNET_FLAG_RAW_DATA Or INTERNET_FLAG_EXISTING_CONNECT Or _
INTERNET_FLAG_ASYNC Or INTERNET_FLAG_PASSIVE Or _
INTERNET_FLAG_NO_CACHE_WRITE Or INTERNET_FLAG_MAKE_PERSISTENT Or _
INTERNET_FLAG_FROM_CACHE Or INTERNET_FLAG_SECURE Or _
INTERNET_FLAG_KEEP_CONNECTION Or INTERNET_FLAG_NO_AUTO_REDIRECT Or _
INTERNET_FLAG_READ_PREFETCH Or INTERNET_FLAG_NO_COOKIES Or _
INTERNET_FLAG_NO_AUTH Or INTERNET_FLAG_CACHE_IF_NET_FAIL Or _
SECURITY_INTERNET_MASK Or INTERNET_FLAG_RESYNCHRONIZE Or _
INTERNET_FLAG_HYPERLINK Or INTERNET_FLAG_NO_UI Or _
INTERNET_FLAG_PRAGMA_NOCACHE Or INTERNET_FLAG_CACHE_ASYNC Or _
INTERNET_FLAG_FORMS_SUBMIT Or INTERNET_FLAG_NEED_FILE Or _
INTERNET_FLAG_TRANSFER_BINARY Or INTERNET_FLAG_TRANSFER_ASCII

Public Const INTERNET_ERROR_MASK_INSERT_CDROM = &H1

Public Const INTERNET_OPTIONS_MASK = (Not INTERNET_FLAGS_MASK)

'
' common per-API flags (new APIs)
'

Public Const WININET_API_FLAG_ASYNC = &H1 ' force async operation
Public Const WININET_API_FLAG_SYNC = &H4 ' force sync operation
Public Const WININET_API_FLAG_USE_CONTEXT = &H8 ' use value supplied in dwContext (even if 0)

'
' INTERNET_NO_CALLBACK - if this value is presented as the dwContext parameter
' then no call-backs will be made for that API
'

Public Const INTERNET_NO_CALLBACK = 0

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Here the Get example :

' Envoie une requjte HTTP
' Parametre :
' sServerName = nom du serveur Ex: www.mobiquid.com Attention : Ne pas mettre http://
' iServerPort = port du serveur Ex: 80
' lService = Service internet a utiliser Ex: INTERNET_SERVICE_HTTP
' sQuery = VERB http Ex: GET
' sObjectName = Objet Ex: index.htm
' sUserName = Nom de l'utilisateur (optionel)
' sPassword = Mot de passe (optionel)
' Retourne :
' Resultat HTTP (200 = OK, 404 = Not found, ..., 999 = probleme inconnu, probablement le serveur repond pas
Public Function sendHttpRequest(sServerName As String, iServerPort As Integer, _
lService As Long, sQuery As String, sObjectName As String, _
Optional sUsername As String = "", Optional sPassword As String = "") As Integer
Dim lFlags As Long
Dim lContext As Long

Dim hSession As Long
Dim hConnect As Long
Dim hRequest As Long
Dim bRequest As Boolean
Dim closeHandle As Boolean

sObjectName = Replace(sObjectName, "'", "+")

hSession = InternetOpen(scUserAgent, INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG, vbNullString, vbNullString, 0)
hConnect = InternetConnect(hSession, sServerName, iServerPort, sUsername, sPassword, lService, lFlags, lContext)
hRequest = HttpOpenRequest(hConnect, UCase(sQuery), sObjectName, vbNullString, vbNullString, 0, 0, 0)
bRequest = HttpSendRequest(hRequest, vbNullString, 0, vbNullString, 0)

If bRequest = False Then
sendHttpRequest = 999 ' Can't connect to server

closeHandle = InternetCloseHandle(hRequest)
closeHandle = InternetCloseHandle(hConnect)
closeHandle = InternetCloseHandle(hSession)
Exit Function
End If

GetQueryInfo(hRequest, 20))

sendHttpRequest = CInt(GetQueryInfo(hRequest, 19))

closeHandle = InternetCloseHandle(hRequest)
closeHandle = InternetCloseHandle(hConnect)
closeHandle = InternetCloseHandle(hSession)

End Function

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Here the post example (post param are in sOption):

' Envoie une requjte HTTP
' Parametre :
' sServerName = nom du serveur Ex: www.mobiquid.com Attention : Ne pas mettre http://
' iServerPort = port du serveur Ex: 80
' lService = Service internet a utiliser Ex: INTERNET_SERVICE_HTTP
' sQuery = VERB http Ex: GET
' sObjectName = Objet Ex: index.htm
' sOption = Parametre post a envoyer
' sData = page html de resultat
' sUserName = Nom de l'utilisateur (optionel)
' sPassword = Mot de passe (optionel)
' Retourne :
' Resultat HTTP (200 = OK, 404 = Not found, ..., 999 = probleme inconnu, probablement le serveur repond pas
Public Function sendSMS(sServerName As String, iServerPort As Integer, _
lService As Long, sQuery As String, sObjectName As String, _
sOption As String, ByRef sData As String, _
Optional sUsername As String = "", Optional sPassword As String = "") As Integer
Dim lFlags As Long
Dim lContext As Long
Dim lOption As Long

Dim hSession As Long
Dim hConnect As Long
Dim hRequest As Long
Dim bRequest As Boolean
Dim closeHandle As Boolean
Dim bDoLoop As Boolean
Dim sReadBuffer As String * 2048
Dim lNumberOfBytesRead As Long
Dim bRet As Boolean
Dim sBuffer As String
Dim sHeader As String

lOption = Len(sOption)

hSession = InternetOpen(scUserAgent, INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG, vbNullString, vbNullString, 0)
hConnect = InternetConnect(hSession, sServerName, iServerPort, sUsername, sPassword, lService, lFlags, lContext)
hRequest = HttpOpenRequest(hConnect, UCase(sQuery), sObjectName, vbNullString, vbNullString, 0, 0, 0)
bRequest = HttpSendRequest(hRequest, vbNullString, 0, sOption, lOption)

If bRequest = False Then
sendSMS = 999

closeHandle = InternetCloseHandle(hRequest)
closeHandle = InternetCloseHandle(hConnect)
closeHandle = InternetCloseHandle(hSession)
Exit Function
End If

sendSMS = CInt(GetQueryInfo(hRequest, 19))

closeHandle = InternetCloseHandle(hRequest)
closeHandle = InternetCloseHandle(hConnect)
closeHandle = InternetCloseHandle(hSession)

End Function

Public Function GetQueryInfo(ByVal hHttpRequest As Long, ByVal iInfoLevel As Long) As String

' Purpose : Retrieves header information
' Parameters : HttpRequest handle, label to put information in, and infolevel flag
' Return val : Success/Failure
' Algorithm : Calls the HttpQueryInfo function and copies result into label

Dim sBuffer As String * 1024
Dim lBufferLength As Long

lBufferLength = Len(sBuffer)
Call HttpQueryInfo(hHttpRequest, iInfoLevel, ByVal sBuffer, lBufferLength, 0)
GetQueryInfo = Trim$(sBuffer)

End Function

Those example get only the HTTP result code. If you want to get the result page, add this :

bDoLoop = True
While bDoLoop
sReadBuffer = vbNullString
bRet = InternetReadFile(hRequest, sReadBuffer, Len(sReadBuffer), lNumberOfBytesRead)
sBuffer = sBuffer & Left$(sReadBuffer, lNumberOfBytesRead)
If Not CBool(lNumberOfBytesRead) Then bDoLoop = False
Wend

mdougan

Can you show us your code?

ebosscher

Daniel,

he's using the control. The code you posted is for using the dll (no control).

I've got a working application that does uploads using the internet transfer control. Maybe I could help if I knew where the error occured? (I ran into a bunch of them making my app)

DanielBlais

My code is after

--------------------------------------------------
Here the Get example :

ebosscher

sorry about the dupe post..

mdougan

Daniel, my comment about showing the code was meant for d_p_ruul

d_p_ruul

ASKER

here is the code i use

PData = "xid=" & Xid.Xid & "&submit=submit"
strURL = Site + "StateSelect.php"
inetState.URL = strURL + strFormData
inetState.Execute , "POST", PData, "Content-Type: _ application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

all it does is set the post data and then execute.
this problem used to come up after a few week of programming normally this code works but after a while the "error '35756'
unable to complete request" comes up nothing using the internet transfer control works?????????????

mdougan

What are you expecting it to do? Posting is usually where you submit some form data to a script or page to process.

If you are waiting for a response, then you probably need to have a loop after this Exectute statement that says something like:

While inetState.StillExecuting
DoEvents
Wend

Now, you might be able to do something with the return value.

The inet control can be limited. I use a sample class that I downloaded from Microsoft which makes calls to the WININET API. The control is a little simpler, but the API seems to work a little better.

d_p_ruul

ASKER

thanx mdougan i did a search for "WININET API" at microsoft and found a good example of how to POST some variables to, and retrieve the HTML from a script.

that code is good but i have used the Internet Transfer Control for all my code and would have to rewrite heaps.

has anyone ever got a :
"error '35756'unable to complete request"

DanRollins

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