ISAPI DLLema

[Justin]

Hey all,

I am trying to take form info from a web page, assemble an XML textstream,
send it off to another company's server, then parse and display the XML response
to a new web page. I am assuming there is a standard Winsock-like ISAPI
extension that does this, but have had trouble finding it. Does this gem
exist?

I'm also wondering if I should do the parsing in ASP and just call the socket
extension, or create an ActiveX DLL that will handle the parsing and calling
of the socket.

Any answers, full or partial, would be greatly appreciated! Will consider
naming my firstborn after you.

Thanks,
justin

[Gene Black]

As part of the MSXML library installed with IE 5 there is also an
XMLHTTPRequest object which allows for transmits and reception of strings to
and from an HTML server. It is designed for client-server communication, but
based on your description should work within an ASP server-server scenario
(really client server anyway)

Excerpt from MSDN Library:

XMLHttpRequest Object

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----

The XMLHttpRequest object provides client-side protocol support for
communication with HTTP servers.

Remarks

A client computer can use the XMLHttpRequest object (Microsoft.XMLHTTP) to
send an arbitrary HTTP request, receive the response, and have the Microsoft
XML Document Object Model (XMLDOM) parse that response.

This object is integrated with MSXML to support sending the request body
directly from, and parsing the response directly into, the MSXML Document
Object Model objects. When combined with the support for XSL, the
XMLHttpRequest component provides an easy way to send structured queries to
HTTP servers and efficiently display the results with a variety of
presentations.




"Justin" <jstrelow@transmuto.com> wrote in message
news:39aad8c7$1@news.devx.com...
>
> Hey all,
>
> I am trying to take form info from a web page, assemble an XML textstream,
> send it off to another company's server, then parse and display the XML
response
> to a new web page. I am assuming there is a standard Winsock-like ISAPI
> extension that does this, but have had trouble finding it. Does this gem
> exist?
>
> I'm also wondering if I should do the parsing in ASP and just call the
socket
> extension, or create an ActiveX DLL that will handle the parsing and
calling
> of the socket.
>
> Any answers, full or partial, would be greatly appreciated! Will consider
> naming my firstborn after you.
>
> Thanks,
> justin

[Chris Kinsman]

MS Claims it won't scale for server side use and that there may be problems
using it in that scenario. Seems to work fine in my quick tests however...

"Gene Black" <geblack@att.net> wrote in message
news:39c29cde$1@news.devx.com...
> As part of the MSXML library installed with IE 5 there is also an
> XMLHTTPRequest object which allows for transmits and reception of strings
to
> and from an HTML server. It is designed for client-server communication,
but
> based on your description should work within an ASP server-server scenario
> (really client server anyway)
>
> Excerpt from MSDN Library:
>
> XMLHttpRequest Object
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> ----
>
> The XMLHttpRequest object provides client-side protocol support for
> communication with HTTP servers.
>
> Remarks
>
> A client computer can use the XMLHttpRequest object (Microsoft.XMLHTTP) to
> send an arbitrary HTTP request, receive the response, and have the
Microsoft
> XML Document Object Model (XMLDOM) parse that response.
>
> This object is integrated with MSXML to support sending the request body
> directly from, and parsing the response directly into, the MSXML Document
> Object Model objects. When combined with the support for XSL, the
> XMLHttpRequest component provides an easy way to send structured queries
to
> HTTP servers and efficiently display the results with a variety of
> presentations.
>
>
>
>
> "Justin" <jstrelow@transmuto.com> wrote in message
> news:39aad8c7$1@news.devx.com...
> >
> > Hey all,
> >
> > I am trying to take form info from a web page, assemble an XML
textstream,
> > send it off to another company's server, then parse and display the XML
> response
> > to a new web page. I am assuming there is a standard Winsock-like ISAPI
> > extension that does this, but have had trouble finding it. Does this
gem
> > exist?
> >
> > I'm also wondering if I should do the parsing in ASP and just call the
> socket
> > extension, or create an ActiveX DLL that will handle the parsing and
> calling
> > of the socket.
> >
> > Any answers, full or partial, would be greatly appreciated! Will
consider
> > naming my firstborn after you.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > justin
>
>