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MSXML variant - Create XML Web request without MSXML

I have the MSXML object and I have the following code (which works superbly - local intranet app):

Dim objHTTP As New MSXML.XMLHTTPRequest
Dim strURL As String
Dim strReturn As String

strURL = "http://<server>/<path>/<AppPortal>.jsp"

objHTTP.open("post", strURL, False)
objHTTP.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/xml")
objHTTP.send(strXML)
strReturn = objHTTP.responseText
Me.TextBox1.Text = intCtr & ": " & strReturn
Me.Refresh()

Other than converting it to C# (which is trivial), is there any way that I can perform this action using native .net code/libraries?

The MSXML class object is from the MS-XML ToolKit provided by Microsoft.

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yes, that's exactly what I needed (with a few minor tweaks).

{my code}

                  byte[] buff = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(inputXml);

                  HttpWebRequest myHttpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(uri);
                  myHttpRequest.Method = "POST";
                  myHttpRequest.KeepAlive = false;
                  myHttpRequest.ContentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded";
                  myHttpRequest.ContentLength = buff.Length;
                  myHttpRequest.Timeout = 30000;

                  HttpWebResponse myHttpResponse = null;
                  string response = string.Empty;

                  Stream myRequestStream = null;
                  Stream baseStream = null;
                  try
                  {
                        myRequestStream = myHttpRequest.GetRequestStream();
                        myRequestStream.Write(buff,0,buff.Length);

                        myHttpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)myHttpRequest.GetResponse();
                        baseStream = myHttpResponse.GetResponseStream();

                        XmlTextReader xmlRdr = new XmlTextReader(baseStream);

                        xmlRdr.MoveToContent();
                        response = HttpUtility.HtmlDecode(xmlRdr.ReadInnerXml());
                  }

gbzhhu

Thanks for the grade A and glad you have it sussed