From: Dossy <dossy@...>
Date: 2002-07-17T03:01:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Win32OLE:  Is getting MSIE HTTP status possible?

On 2002.07.17, John <nojgoalbyspam@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I think its kinda strange to use Ruby to do this, but to each his own.

What do you recommend?

> For further questions regarding IE/automation I would recommend going to an
> IE/vbcript newsgroup.

Thanks.  Can you recommend one?

> That said, the following vbscript code does what you want:
> 
>   set oHTTP = CreateObject ("msxml2.XMLHTTP")
> 
>   oHTTP.open "GET", "http://www.yahoo.com/", false
>   oHTTP.send sRequest
> 
>   Wscript.echo "Status = " & oHTTP.status
>   Rem Wscript.echo oHTTP.responseText
> 
> It uses the msxml component.  I did not have a sample for how to do this
> with the internet explorer control per se.  That information, if it exists,
> will be available by asking in an IE programming newsgroup.

I know how to perform an HTTP request and get the status.  I know
how to automate and control IE via COM.  What I don't know is how
to get the status from IE via COM.

I don't want to hit every URL twice -- once to get the status and
a second time to test via automated IE.

-- Dossy

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