VFP6 Request data from Apache web server

[MamaCIG]

I am VFP6 programmer with little knowledge of web interfaces. I am looking for a suggested method of sending requests for customer information from a VFP6 application used by numerous clients in various locations to a specific Apache web server, and receiving a reply, without any browser interference. I am currently mind-boggled having spent many hours searching the web, and reviewing texts on XML, parsers, HTTP, APache, PHP, etc...... I have gotten Rick Strahl's Internet Applications with VFP6 book, and also see on West Wind site the downloadable wwXML class. Does anyone out there have any recommendations as to the best approach for this scenario? Is it XML? Or plain old FTP? At this point I'm simply confused. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

 

[DSummZZZ]

It would depend a lot on what your web server is expecting from you. If it's just expecting you to 'post' data through port 80, you could use textmerge to create html data and send it using for instance, this methodology:

Automating html processing and posting HTTPS
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If you're sending a file, maybe use the functions in here:
How do I transfer files using FTP?
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-Dave S.-

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http://www.davesummers.net/foxprolinks.htm

 

[MamaCIG]

Thank you Dave S. for pointing me in the right direction. HTTP GET seems straightforward, and will handle this task nicely.