Silly Newbie Question

Greetings, I hope this isn't too stupid of a newbie question.

I'm looking to write a VB script/form on my box that goes out and accesses a perl script on a remote server.

The perl script is designed to monitor a few different servers for connectivity, etc... I want the script to run once a minute, but since I am putting it on a server I don't control, I'm writing a VB program on my server to go out and run the perl script once a minute...

I need to know if using the Microsoft Winsock Control is the way to go. And if so, how would one run a perl script remotely??

Hope this makes sense..

Regards,
Shane

How would you call the script remotely? If it's web accessible, you could use Winsock easily. Just connect to your server and send something like the following:

VB Code:

"GET /cgi-bin/script.pl HTTP/1.0" & vbcrlf & vbcrlf

Josh,
Here's what I have so far:

Private Sub Command1_Click()

Winsock1.RemoteHost = "127.0.0.1"
Winsock1.RemotePort = 80

Winsock1.Connect

Do Until Winsock1.State = sckConnected
DoEvents: DoEvents: DoEvents: DoEvents
Loop

Winsock1.Close

End Sub

I'm assuming I need something prior to the Winsock1.Close statement that actually runs the perl script...

Thanks,
Shane

Once you're connected, request the script via HTTP, like I showed above.

VB Code:

Winsock1.SendData "Whatever"

Then the DataArrival event should fire if it the script returns a web page or anything, and then the connection should close (test and make sure, though).