posting to a secure web form from VB 1

[codefinger]

From the VB article that's guiding me:

>>
HttpSendRequest returns a value not equal to zero if it fails, so code like this is all it takes to send data to a CGI form handler. Call the API, passing your data and the length of the string containing the data. This
code uses the m_cPostBuffer variable to handle it:

If HttpSendRequest(hURL, "", 0, _
m_cPostBuffer, Len(m_cPostBuffer)) _
Then
'// it worked!
End If

<<

I am getting a zero return value from HttpSendRequest every time, but when I try to use InterNetReadFile
to check the response, I find nothing in the buffer. (Also, the site shows a history of transactions, and the transaction I attempted to post from VB is not there.) Earlier, I had some flags set wrong for secure sites, so even though it was not the response I wanted, I WAS getting a response from InterNetReadFile. Now that I've set
the security flags on, nothing.

This has had me stumped for weeks. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

 

[chiph]

HttpSendRequest assumes the site is using the http protocol (i.e.

http://)

But a secure site uses the https protocol (

https://),

and HttpSendRequest is not able to deal with that. This is obviously a serious limitation, and I'm sorry that I don't know a way around it.

Chip H.