where can I obtain winhttp 5.1 SDK for developing VB6 applications for my Win XP development machine?
I have looked all over and cannot find Winhttp 5.1 SDk for installation and use on my VB6 development machine. Apparently it comes bundled with XP which I am using, and I see the winhttp.dll in the system32 folder, but in the VB6 IDE, I cannot add this component, get an error "could not add component" despite it finds the dll and shows the description "Microsoft WinHTTP Services, version 5.1" in the components tab when I browse to the winhttp.dll file. I wish to use a code posting by PaulHews to automatically log into a web page and get web page data programmatically using VB6 but can't even get past adding winhttp to my project
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That was exactly what I tried. When I find the winhttp.dll file in the windows/system32 directory, and click OPEN, it DOES appear in my VB6 IDE list of components with the title "Microsoft WinHTTP Service, version 5.1" but when I click APPLY to add the icons to my toolbox, I get a generic error that the dll could not be loaded (screen shot attached). I checked the dll file to make sure it was not read only, can't figure out why I cannot add this component. I found your http digest code posting and dummy me cannot even get past the initial loading of winhttp reference !!!
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That worked. I've been a VB6 programmer for almost 10 years (with no formal training) , and never knew about adding a Reference to dll's. That worked and I am on my way to play with the code snippet - Thanks a lot.
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Thanks. I hope I submitted your 50 points correctly - just joined EE today
>Thanks. I hope I submitted your 50 points correctly - just joined EE today
Well, thanks for the points and welcome to the site. :)
Well, thanks for the points and welcome to the site. :)
Microsoft WinHTTP Service, version 5.1
If you don't have this reference, try adding the reference by clicking the browse button and navigating to <windows>system32\winhttp.