I've run into numerous articles stating that the following code will work in VB.NET. Well it does NOT work for me.

'-- DOES NOT WORK IN VB.NET
Dim xmlDocReq As New MSXML2.DOMDocument40()
xmlDocReq.async = False
xmlDocReq.resolveExternals = False
xmlDocReq.setProperty("ServerHTTPRequest", True)
xmlDocReq.load(Request) **** error: parameter is incorrect *****

The code below is tested and does work in VB.NET. The objective is to load and pass an XML document object from a sending page to a receiving page, and back (basically an echo). Let me know if you have any questions.

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SENDER (Called in Sub Page_Load...)
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        'Set Receiving page
        Dim strURL As String = "http://localhost/DevCitrus/ImportXML/ImportXMLRecieve.aspx"

        'Set path of xml file to pass via HTTP
        Dim xmlPath As String = "C:\TestXML\Manifest.xml"

        'Send XML document to receving page and print result
        Try
            Dim xmlDoc As New MSXML2.DOMDocument40()
            Dim xmlHTTP As New MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP40()

            'Load xml doc
            If xmlDoc.load(xmlPath) Then
                'Set method, url, async
                xmlHTTP.open("POST", strURL, False)
                'Send XML document
                xmlHTTP.send(xmlDoc.xml)
                'Set content type
                Response.ContentType = "text/xml"
                'Output xml result
                Response.Write(xmlHTTP.responseText)
            Else
                Response.Write(xmlDoc.parseError.reason)
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            Response.Write("<MANIFEST><catchError>" + ex.Message + "</catchError></MANIFEST>")
        End Try

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RECEIVER (Called in Sub Page_Load...)
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        'Set Content tpe
        Response.ContentType = "text/xml"

        'Create xmlDoc
        Dim xmlDocReq As New MSXML2.DOMDocument40()

        xmlDocReq.async = False
        xmlDocReq.resolveExternals = False
        xmlDocReq.setProperty("ServerHTTPRequest", True)
        Try
            If xmlDocReq.load(Request.BinaryRead(Request.TotalByt es)) Then
                'Return echo of loaded XML doc
                Response.Write(xmlDocReq.xml)
            Else
                Response.Write("<MANIFEST><parserError>" + xmlDocReq.parseError.reason + "</parserError></MANIFEST>")
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            Response.Write("<MANIFEST><catchError>" + ex.Message + "</catchError></MANIFEST>")
        End Try


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Hello,

I would like to implement the code you have posted. How do i reference the MSXML2.DOMDocument40()?

Imports ?

What namespace is MSXML2 under?

Thanks!

Gregg

Hi all,
I too want to know the namespace to import MSXML2. Pls suggest ur thoughts...
I found that MSXML2 is a COM+ object (Interop.MSXML2.dll). Can we add this in VB.NET and SSIS 2005 proejcts ?

Thanks
Suresh

This forum is about classic ASP where you could use MSXML with VBScript or JScript.
Using MSXML with .NET is not recommended http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815112 and not necessary as System.Xml in the .NET framework has managed implementations of DOM, XPath, XSLT.

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Hi Martin,

Thank you for your reply and the link.
I have found out what I wanted...