RE: OT Windows Command line HTTP request

2010-10-28 Thread Andy Matthews
You could check if Curl exists in DOS. Andy -Original Message- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:h...@ilsweb.com] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 11:58 AM To: cf-talk Subject: OT Windows Command line HTTP request In the simplest manner possible. What ways can one make a Windows DOS

Re: OT Windows Command line HTTP request

2010-10-28 Thread Dave Watts
 In the simplest manner possible.  What ways can one make a Windows DOS Command line HTTP request. Use a program like wget or cURL. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA

Re: OT Windows Command line HTTP request

2010-10-28 Thread Ian Skinner
On 10/28/2010 10:00 AM, Dave Watts wrote: Use a program like wget or cURL. Any suggestions for where to get wget? My first search attempts ended up in ancient (1997) ports and broken links. TIA Ian ~| Order the Adobe

Re: OT Windows Command line HTTP request

2010-10-28 Thread Alan Rother
I have the code for doing it in VB Script... Can you use DOS to call a VB Script? URL = http://www.someaddress.com; Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject(WScript.Shell) Set http = CreateObject(Microsoft.XmlHttp) http.open GET, URL, FALSE http.send set WshShell = nothing set http = nothing

Re: OT Windows Command line HTTP request

2010-10-28 Thread Leigh
Any suggestions for where to get wget?  My first search attempts ended up in ancient (1997) ports and broken links. Google sent me here. I did not try them, but the files seem pretty recent. http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/

Re: OT Windows Command line HTTP request

2010-10-28 Thread Dave Watts
Any suggestions for where to get wget?  My first search attempts ended up in ancient (1997) ports and broken links. The GNU wget link that Leigh sent is the right one. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned

Re: OT Windows Command line HTTP request

2010-10-28 Thread Dave Watts
I have the code for doing it in VB Script... Can you use DOS to call a VB Script? You can call VBScript programs from a command prompt, using the cscript.exe or wscript.exe commands. Strictly speaking, though, you can't use DOS to call VBScript, because there's no such thing as DOS in Windows