Whoops, forgot the site..

Max Bolingbroke
http://www.*-*-*.com/

If you're not adverse to using a custom OCX for more managed control of the way you POST things, visit the site in my signature and get the HTTPDownloader. There is an example of how to POST with it in the Help and Examples download.

Another, but less advanced, solution would be to use the Inet control to do this. I have no experience doing this, so can't help. Sorry!

Max Bolingbroke

The Catalyst Development SocketTools Visual Edition contains an HTTP
ActiveX control that supports POST easily.  The product comes with
many VB samples, including ones that illustrate POSTing through the
SubmitRequest method.  You can download the entire product for a free
30-day evaluation from www.catalyst.com

David

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Catalyst Development Corporation   | application with ActivePatch. Download
http://www.catalyst.com/           | the SDK from www.activepatch.com

I am also looking into posting files to an ASP or CGI script using the
MSInet Control via the HTTP protocol.  FTP is not an option for me nor
is using a downloadable control that doesn't have the source with it.
This is due to some of the business rules I must follow.

What I've found so far is that Chin Seng wrote an OCX (CSInet) a few
years ago that uses the MSInet Control.  He has it for free download
at his website (http://web.singnet.com.sg/~kegoh/) but however doesn't
provide the source.  He also makes note that he uses the RFC 1867
protocol.

So in my attempt to recreate this control I've read the RFC 1867
proposal that I found here http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1867.txt and
began trying to mimic the their examples in VB without success.

Below is a what I think  you have to do but it's not working yet, but
maybe someone can see what I've done wrong. Without finding anymore
documentation I'm almost at a stop point.  I'm hoping someone could
share some more information.

Regards,
Jared Kirkwood

'-------------
'my code
'-------------

strURL = "http://localhost/uploadfile.asp"

strInputData = "----------------------------7ce323980c" & vbCrLf & _
   "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""name""" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf &
_
   "test" & vbCrLf & _
   "----------------------------7ce323980c" & vbCrLf & _
   "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=""filename"";
   filename=""D:\test.txt""" & vbCrLf & _
   "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
   "HI JARED"

strRequestHeader = "Content-type: multipart/form-data;
boundary=--------------------------7ce323980c"

Inet1.Execute strURL, "POST", strInputData, strRequestHeader

I've finially got it to work.   I found an error with the input
string.  I'll post the fix later tonight after I clean up the code a
bit.