> Sorry for the cross post but it touches two groups so :-)

> Simplified snippet of VB code follows this is in a procedure in an
> application:
> It issues an Http request to an asp page, the page is then supposed to
> delete the files.

>    hInternetSession = InternetOpen(scUserAgent, INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_DIRECT,
> vbNullString, vbNullString, 0)

>     If CBool(hInternetSession) Then
>         g_website = "http://www.myweb.com/myasppage.asp"
> ternetConnect = InternetConnect(hInternetSession, g_website,
> INTERNET_DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT, _
>                            vbNullString, vbNullString,
> INTERNET_SERVICE_HTTP, 0, 0)
>         If hInternetConnect > 0 Then
>             GetRequest = "Files=abcdef"
> These are the files that must be deleted (4 of them starting with abcdef)

>             hHttpOpenRequest = HttpOpenRequest(hInternetConnect, "GET",
> GetRequest, "HTTP/1.0", vbNullString, 0, _
>                                INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0)
>             If CBool(hHttpOpenRequest) Then
>                 iRetval = HttpSendRequest(hHttpOpenRequest, vbNullString,
0,
> 0, 0)
>                 If iRetval Then
>                     'Should indicate success
>                 End If
>             End If
>         End If
>     End If

> When this request gets to the asp page there is Vbscript using the file
> system object that deletes the files
> starting with name abcdef, there are 4 files one with extension. txt.
> another with .mdb, another with .mdz and finally one with .eot

> The Asp code snippet is:

> Filename = request.querystring("Files")
> MyFSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
> MyFso.deleteFile "F:\" & Filename & ".txt"
> MyFso.deleteFile "F:\" & Filename & ".mdb"
> MyFso.deleteFile "F:\" & Filename & ".mdz"
> MyFso.deleteFile "F:\" & Filename & ".eot"

> When the asp code gets executed from a browser by issuing the command
> http://www.myweb.com/myasppage.asp?Files=abcdef all four files will get
> deleted OK.
> However issuing the same http request through the wininet.dll code above
and
> the file with extension .txt does not get deleted nor does the file with
> extension .mdz although the other two get deleted OK.

> Totally weird. Anyone seen anything like it and have a solution?
> I tried changing the asp page to delete one specific file at at time so I
> specify the full filename and the extension in the get request and repeat
> the whole procedure with a new connection for each file. The same two
files
> still don't get deleted. Evidently my code does not trap any return
messages
> from the IIS server.

> I was also wondering what Wininet call to add so that I can see what the
> server returns after the get request is issued.

> --
> Robert Dufour, MCP, MCT
> President SGI IMS Inc.
> www.sgiims.com

> Sorry for the cross post but it touches two groups so :-)

> Simplified snippet of VB code follows this is in a procedure in an
> application:
> It issues an Http request to an asp page, the page is then supposed to
> delete the files.

>    hInternetSession = InternetOpen(scUserAgent, INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_DIRECT,
> vbNullString, vbNullString, 0)

>     If CBool(hInternetSession) Then
>         g_website = "http://www.myweb.com/myasppage.asp"
> ternetConnect = InternetConnect(hInternetSession, g_website,
> INTERNET_DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT, _
>                            vbNullString, vbNullString,
> INTERNET_SERVICE_HTTP, 0, 0)
>         If hInternetConnect > 0 Then
>             GetRequest = "Files=abcdef"
> These are the files that must be deleted (4 of them starting with abcdef)

>             hHttpOpenRequest = HttpOpenRequest(hInternetConnect, "GET",
> GetRequest, "HTTP/1.0", vbNullString, 0, _
>                                INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0)
>             If CBool(hHttpOpenRequest) Then
>                 iRetval = HttpSendRequest(hHttpOpenRequest, vbNullString,
0,
> 0, 0)
>                 If iRetval Then
>                     'Should indicate success
>                 End If
>             End If
>         End If
>     End If

> When this request gets to the asp page there is Vbscript using the file
> system object that deletes the files
> starting with name abcdef, there are 4 files one with extension. txt.
> another with .mdb, another with .mdz and finally one with .eot

> The Asp code snippet is:

> Filename = request.querystring("Files")
> MyFSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
> MyFso.deleteFile "F:\" & Filename & ".txt"
> MyFso.deleteFile "F:\" & Filename & ".mdb"
> MyFso.deleteFile "F:\" & Filename & ".mdz"
> MyFso.deleteFile "F:\" & Filename & ".eot"

> When the asp code gets executed from a browser by issuing the command
> http://www.myweb.com/myasppage.asp?Files=abcdef all four files will get
> deleted OK.
> However issuing the same http request through the wininet.dll code above
and
> the file with extension .txt does not get deleted nor does the file with
> extension .mdz although the other two get deleted OK.

> Totally weird. Anyone seen anything like it and have a solution?
> I tried changing the asp page to delete one specific file at at time so I
> specify the full filename and the extension in the get request and repeat
> the whole procedure with a new connection for each file. The same two
files
> still don't get deleted. Evidently my code does not trap any return
messages
> from the IIS server.

> I was also wondering what Wininet call to add so that I can see what the
> server returns after the get request is issued.

> --
> Robert Dufour, MCP, MCT
> President SGI IMS Inc.
> www.sgiims.com

> It *may* be IIS file handle caching...

> Q191742 - IIS: Access Denied When Trying to Update Files on IIS Computer
> http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q191/7/42.asp

> See the other KB articles listed in "More Information"l...

> --
> Michael Harris
> MVP Scripting

> The files that can't be deleted are files that were just downloaded
> previously by the same app using an HTTP get request using wininet.dll.
> If I make  small quick app that just runs the deletion code, then run the
> app that does the download, close it and do the delete with the app that
> only deletes , the files get deleted OK.
> It looks like the first application that downloads does not close the
> internet connection although after each file transfer I issue an
> InternetClosehandle command.

> Is there another command that ensures an internet session is closed?

> --
> Robert Dufour, MCP, MCT
> President SGI IMS Inc.
> www.sgiims.com


> > Sorry for the cross post but it touches two groups so :-)

> > Simplified snippet of VB code follows this is in a procedure in an
> > application:
> > It issues an Http request to an asp page, the page is then supposed to
> > delete the files.

> >    hInternetSession = InternetOpen(scUserAgent,

> > vbNullString, vbNullString, 0)

> >     If CBool(hInternetSession) Then
> >         g_website = "http://www.myweb.com/myasppage.asp"
> > ternetConnect = InternetConnect(hInternetSession, g_website,
> > INTERNET_DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT, _
> >                            vbNullString, vbNullString,
> > INTERNET_SERVICE_HTTP, 0, 0)
> >         If hInternetConnect > 0 Then
> >             GetRequest = "Files=abcdef"
> > These are the files that must be deleted (4 of them starting with
abcdef)

> >             hHttpOpenRequest = HttpOpenRequest(hInternetConnect, "GET",
> > GetRequest, "HTTP/1.0", vbNullString, 0, _
> >                                INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0)
> >             If CBool(hHttpOpenRequest) Then
> >                 iRetval = HttpSendRequest(hHttpOpenRequest,
vbNullString,
> 0,
> > 0, 0)
> >                 If iRetval Then
> >                     'Should indicate success
> >                 End If
> >             End If
> >         End If
> >     End If

> > When this request gets to the asp page there is Vbscript using the file
> > system object that deletes the files
> > starting with name abcdef, there are 4 files one with extension. txt.
> > another with .mdb, another with .mdz and finally one with .eot

> > The Asp code snippet is:

> > Filename = request.querystring("Files")
> > MyFSO = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
> > MyFso.deleteFile "F:\" & Filename & ".txt"
> > MyFso.deleteFile "F:\" & Filename & ".mdb"
> > MyFso.deleteFile "F:\" & Filename & ".mdz"
> > MyFso.deleteFile "F:\" & Filename & ".eot"

> > When the asp code gets executed from a browser by issuing the command
> > http://www.myweb.com/myasppage.asp?Files=abcdef all four files will get
> > deleted OK.
> > However issuing the same http request through the wininet.dll code above
> and
> > the file with extension .txt does not get deleted nor does the file with
> > extension .mdz although the other two get deleted OK.

> > Totally weird. Anyone seen anything like it and have a solution?
> > I tried changing the asp page to delete one specific file at at time so
I
> > specify the full filename and the extension in the get request and
repeat
> > the whole procedure with a new connection for each file. The same two
> files
> > still don't get deleted. Evidently my code does not trap any return
> messages
> > from the IIS server.

> > I was also wondering what Wininet call to add so that I can see what the
> > server returns after the get request is issued.

> > --
> > Robert Dufour, MCP, MCT
> > President SGI IMS Inc.
> > www.sgiims.com