Re: Using XMLHTTPRequest within Firefox (Newbie)

Anthony Jones wrote:
> "Dave F." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Martin Honnen wrote:
>>> Dave F. wrote:
>>>
>>>> I use MSXML.XMLHTTPRequest in an Excel VBA routine to download info
> from
>>>> a web page using responseText.
>>>>
>>>> I'd like to swap over from IE & use Firefox instead. Is this possible?
>>> If you use MSXML.XMLHttpRequest in an Excel VBA then you are not using
>>> IE at all, you are using VBA and MSXML. So I don't understand what you
>>> are doing where you would want to switch from IE to Firefox.
>>>
>> Err...
>> Please correct me if i'm wrong but I thought MSXML was a part of the Web
>> browser install.
>>
> 
> Installing IE will install MSXML but there are other things that install
> MSXML or indeed MSXML may be installed independantly.
> 
>> Due to the vagaries of IE7, the secure web page I wish to download from
>> requires me to manually logon first.
>> It won't let me do this via "post".
>>
>> I have to do this using IE7. I've tried FF 7. It doesn't work.
> 
> Whats FF 7?

Bag Typing. FF = FireFox. 7 = & without the shift being pressed.

> 
>> Snip of code:
>>
>>    Dim http As New MSXML.XMLHTTPRequest
>>    http.Open "post", "http://www.advfn.com/blah,blah,blah", False,
>> "Username", "Password"
>>    http.send
>>    Str = http.responseText
>>
> 
> this code is using MSXML.  It isn't using a browser of any sort.
> 
>> If you know of a better way please tell me. preferably with FF.
>>
> 
> Have you tried just using a GET instead of post or have you tried "POST"
> instead of "post"?  You don't appear to be sending any data so GET would
> seem to be the more likely method.
> 
> FF doesn't offer you anything here that can help.
>