[thelist] ASP posting form data

[Darren]

On 14 August 2001 at 15:29:39, Matt Warden <mwarden at mattwarden.com> wrote:

WM> To the original poster...
WM> Tell me, do you have anything available to you other than ASP? or, do you
WM> have a component available, or the resources to purchase one, which is
WM> able to make HTTP requests?

primarily asp.  this part of the company is all microsoft based, the
other part with the form i have to submit to is rather anti-microsoft...

WM> To me, it looks like you either:
WM> 1.Use a component (you could even use MS's XML parse, I believe) to make a
WM> POST request to the destination

this sounds promising...i'll have a fish around on microsofts site and
see what i can dig up...

WM> 2.Write teh post request yourself with Java or some other language.

this was the last resort...i was hoping for an easier route... :>

ta,

darren.