You've also got to be *really* careful with the HTTP component you choose if this will be under load, even if you buy a commercial COM object. I went through this several times (in the ASP world) and found that many of the components were not threaded properly for dual/quad processor servers (often were COM components written in VB instead of VC++). Many of the cheaper ones relied on the MSIE ocx component to do the heavy lifting which doesn't scale well at all. And most fail miserably at SSL connections (of course if you're used to CFHTTP on 4.x, you're already used to stuff like this *grin*) We even had trouble with the same component on identical hardware, ghosted builds....
We had such a bad time with COM objects for http, we actually licensed a servlet engine and used *that* instead. Of course this was 4 years ago too. Good luck :) Regards, John Paul Ashenfelter CTO/Transitionpoint [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You could use Winsock, however if you want an object that automatically > handles virtually all of the lower level functions you may want to use the > inet control (Microsoft Internet Transfer Control - msinet.ocx). It takes > but one line to make an http request. > > > There are many ways you might do this, depending on the version of VB and > > your willingness to use third-party components. You can do it directly in > > older versions of VB using Winsock calls, if I recall correctly. If that's > > unappealing, you might use a control like Mabry's HTTP/X COM object. In > > VB.NET, you can use System.Net.WebClient, I think, or maybe it's > > System.Net.WebRequest. > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > voice: (202) 797-5496 > > fax: (202) 797-5444 > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=i:4:138283 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
