Inet control and HTTPS protocol

[MrMoosehead]

I have a vb CGI app that uses an Inet Control on a form to query other webservers for data that it then returns to the browser.
USing a GET request (form https://server.com/appp.pl?name=value&name=value...etc ) works fine on my development machine running win98 and O'rielly Website Pro as does the simple http:// request.

However, on shifting the CGI app to the NT server, the http:// requests still work fine, but the https:// requests from the Inet control lock up - nothing happens - I even put a timer in the stillexecuting loop to catch and timeout after 2 minutes - but this didn't happen because the lock-up happens before the stillexecuting statement can be first executed.
I know that the URL is valid, as I have chucked it through a browser on the NT server and got a response. However, the webserver executes it's CGI appps under an anonymous account on the NT machine. Could this be the problem?

The code is something like:

Public Function XCommand(ByVal PostString As String, ByVal URLString As String, ByVal Method As String) As String


If Method = "GET" Then
URLString = URLString & "?" & PostString
PostString = ""
End If

Send ("<! - " & URLString & ">")
'Inet1.Execute URLString, Method, PostString, "Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
Send ("<! -Sent>")
Dim timStart As Long
timStart = Timer
Do While Inet1.StillExecuting
If timStart < Timer - 120 Then
Inet1.Cancel
Exit Do
End If
DoEvents
Loop
timStart = Timer
Do While Not Finished
If timStart < Timer - 120 Then Exit Do
DoEvents
Loop
XCommand = Response
End Function

(Response is set in the StateChanged event handler)


This is driving me potty. Anyone got any ideas?
Cheers,
A.

[Davos]

I have the same problem. I'm trying to make two checks but gettting some data from a secure server: the 2nd check is triggered when in statechanged I get some specific data using getchunk.

My code works fine if I use icHTTP and port 80, but if I change to icHTTPS and port 343 the checks end abruptly after the 1st one.

What am I missing?