httpendrequest

[Muthu Ram]

anyone used httpsendrequestex and httpendrequest api calls? i am trying to make nonblocking http requests.. so i can timeout from the request after a while.

[Muthu Ram]

private Type INTERNET_BUFFERS
dwStructSize as Long ' used for API versioning. set to sizeof(INTERNET_BUFFERS)
next as Long ' INTERNET_BUFFERS chain of buffers
lpcszHeader as Long ' pointer to headers (may be null)
dwHeadersLength as Long ' length of headers if not null
dwHeadersTotal as Long ' size of headers if not enough buffer
lpvBuffer as Long ' pointer to data buffer (may be null)
dwBufferLength as Long ' length of data buffer if not null
dwBufferTotal as Long ' total size of chunk, or content-length if not chunked
dwOffsetLow as Long ' used for read-ranges (only used in HttpSendRequest2)
dwOffsetHigh as Long
End Type


private Declare Function HttpSendRequestEx Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "HttpSendRequestExA" _
(byval hHttpRequest as Long, lpBuffersIn as INTERNET_BUFFERS, byval lpBuffersOut as Long, _
byval dwFlags as Long, byval dwContext as Long) as Long

private Declare Function HttpEndRequest Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "HttpEndRequestA" _
(byval hHttpRequest as Long, byval lpBuffersOut as Long, _
byval dwFlags as Long, byval dwContext as Long) as Long