which capturing method the best

[bvahan5]

I guess there are 2 main methods for capturing remote web content

Set objXMLhttp = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLhttp")

Set objXMLhttp = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.XMLhttp.5.0")

which is better
are there any useful functions/methods with it
any URL with user friendly reference? (better than msdn)

 

[DotNetGnat]

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/35742

-DNG

 

[tsdragon]

While that reference is interesting, it doesn't actually answer any of the OPs questions. It just told us the the first statement could be referring to the same version as the second. It doesn't say if using one over the other is actually better, or if there are any useful functions/methods in version 5.0 that aren't in previous version.

Tracy Dryden

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons,
For you are crunchy, and good with mustard.

 

[tlhawkins]

bvahan5,

I've read that the second method: ("Msxml2.XMLhttp.5.0") was built much more robust that the previous method.

that being said I've used both in high traffic production environments and haven't had any major issues with either. Both of them occasionaly do not retrieve the page content, or time-out, but it's very hard to tell if the problem was with the component, or the server not serving the page we requested.

As wishy-washy as that is, I hope it helps.

Travis Hawkins
BeachBum Software

http://www.beachbumsoftware.com