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Re: Internet Access

• Posted by "Cuny, David at DSS" <David.Cuny at DSS.CA.GOV> Jun 15, 2000
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Brian Jackson wrote:

>> If someone could point me in the right direction for
>> writing a read_http() function, I'd appreciate it.
>
> Try searching MSDN for the winInet (Windows Internet
> transfer) control documentation.  It has wrappers for
> the HTTP, FTP, and GOPHER protocols.

I found some tutorials, thanks.

I was wondering if WinSock was perhaps a more diplomatic choice, since (on
Win95 machines, anyway) the presence of WinInet seems to be dependant on IE
being loaded. But I didn't see any support for HTTP protocol in the WinSock
2 API, so I suppose it's pretty much the only game in town. 

-- David Cuny