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I developed a website that posts data to another url via the Inet object.

I should mention that the posting code is wrapped in a VB 6 dll, and that
dll is called from ASP.

Here's the ASP code:

<%
Dim objPostWrapper
Set objPostWrapper = Server.CreateObject("MyDLL.PostWrapper")
objPostWrapper.Process "http://www.someurl.com"
%>

Here's the code from the class in the VB 6 dll:

Public Sub Process(Byval url As String)
Dim oInet, strResponse As String
Set oInet = CreateObject("InetCtls.Inet.1")
oInet.RequestTimeOut = 20
strResponse = oInet.OpenURL(url)
Set oInet = Nothing
End Sub

That's pretty much it. Sometimes it works, other times it stops mid-process
and locks up the website.

Any idea what's going on? Is it some sort of threading issue, where I can't
use the Inet object from within a VB 6 dll?

Thanks in advance,
Dan

"Dan" wrote:
> I developed a website that posts data to another url via the Inet object.
>
> I should mention that the posting code is wrapped in a VB 6 dll, and that
> dll is called from ASP.
>
> Here's the ASP code:
>
> <%
> Dim objPostWrapper
> Set objPostWrapper = Server.CreateObject("MyDLL.PostWrapper")
> objPostWrapper.Process "http://www.someurl.com"
> %>
>
> Here's the code from the class in the VB 6 dll:
>
> Public Sub Process(Byval url As String)
> Dim oInet, strResponse As String
> Set oInet = CreateObject("InetCtls.Inet.1")
> oInet.RequestTimeOut = 20
> strResponse = oInet.OpenURL(url)
> Set oInet = Nothing
> End Sub
>
> That's pretty much it. Sometimes it works, other times it stops mid-process
> and locks up the website.
>
> Any idea what's going on? Is it some sort of threading issue, where I can't
> use the Inet object from within a VB 6 dll?

Don't use the Inet object, it isn't designed for server use like that.
Here's a much better way:
http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2173

Thanks, that seemed to solve the problems I was having.



"Tom Kaminski [MVP]" <tomk (A@T) mvps (D.O.T) org> wrote in message
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> "Dan" wrote:
>> I developed a website that posts data to another url via the Inet object.
>>
>> I should mention that the posting code is wrapped in a VB 6 dll, and that
>> dll is called from ASP.
>>
>> Here's the ASP code:
>>
>> <%
>> Dim objPostWrapper
>> Set objPostWrapper = Server.CreateObject("MyDLL.PostWrapper")
>> objPostWrapper.Process "http://www.someurl.com"
>> %>
>>
>> Here's the code from the class in the VB 6 dll:
>>
>> Public Sub Process(Byval url As String)
>> Dim oInet, strResponse As String
>> Set oInet = CreateObject("InetCtls.Inet.1")
>> oInet.RequestTimeOut = 20
>> strResponse = oInet.OpenURL(url)
>> Set oInet = Nothing
>> End Sub
>>
>> That's pretty much it. Sometimes it works, other times it stops
>> mid-process
>> and locks up the website.
>>
>> Any idea what's going on? Is it some sort of threading issue, where I
>> can't
>> use the Inet object from within a VB 6 dll?
>
> Don't use the Inet object, it isn't designed for server use like that.
> Here's a much better way:
> http://www.aspfaq.com/show.asp?id=2173