HTTP GET using Proxy Server

Simple HTTP GET request to download the HTML of a web page using a proxy server.

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Dim http As New Chilkat.Http()

Dim success As Boolean

'  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = http.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(http.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


http.ProxyDomain = "localhost"
http.ProxyPort = 808

'  Send the HTTP GET and return the content in a string.
Dim html As String
html = http.QuickGetStr("http://www.google.com/")

'  Print the HTML source that was downloaded.
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & html & vbCrLf
TextBox1.Refresh()