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How can I mimic a client-side POST from ASP?
Often you need to POST information to an ASP or other script without relying on the user to click a Submit button. There are a few ways to work around this:
- Write a component. We have one that does this (among many other things); however, it is proprietary, and as such I can't distribute source. I will tell you it is an ATL component and makes a low-level connection.
- Use an existing HTTP component, such as 'ServerObjects Inc. Products' - AspHTTP or MSXML (described in #2173 : How do I read the contents of a ...)
- Fake" a POST operation with client-side script, as in the following:
<form
method=post
action='<script>'
name='myform'>
<input
type=hidden
name='myname'
value='myvalue'>
</form>
<script>
window.onLoad = document.myform.submit();
</script>
Note that it's fairly easy to build such a form with ASP, simply by #2036 : How do I iterate through a form ...
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