Hi Rick,

My question is on lesson 6 where you show the alternatives to the webbrowser control. I find it cool. I would like you;
1. To demonstrate how to use the post method using any of these two ways shown in the lesson.
Set XMLHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
'Set XMLHTTP = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")

2. I came across another way to go to a web page using VBA without the web browser control. I paste it below;
Public Function HTTPPost(URL As String, Msg As String)  'send HTTP POST to a server:
    With CreateObject("WinHttp.WinHttpRequest.5.1")
        On Error Resume Next        'ensures code contiunes to run without internet
        .Open "GET", URL, True      'True is asynchronous so UI does not hang
        .setRequestHeader "User-Agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0)"
        .setRequestHeader "Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
        '.SetRequestHeader "secret-pass-key", "your-key"    <--if needed
        .send Msg                   'throws an error when there is no internet
        .WaitForResponse            'pauses execution, but does not hang UI
                
        HTTPPost = .responseText
        
    End With
End Function

Now i am in a dilemma. Which of the three options should i use? Which one is future proof? Which one is better?

Thank you!

MICAH