(DataFlex) Transition from Http.PText to Http.HttpStr

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated PText method calls with HttpStr.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v11.0.0 or greater.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Handle hoHttp
    String sVerb
    String sUrl
    String sTextData
    String sCharset
    String sContentType
    Variant vResponseObj
    Handle hoResponseObj
    Variant vResponseOut
    Handle hoResponseOut
    Boolean iSuccess
    String sTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttp)) To hoHttp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoHttp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoHttp
    End

    Move "PUT" To sVerb
    Move "https://example.com/" To sUrl
    Move "This is the HTTP request body" To sTextData
    Move "utf-8" To sCharset
    Move "text/plain" To sContentType

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // The PText method is deprecated:

    Get ComPText Of hoHttp sVerb sUrl sTextData sCharset sContentType False False To vResponseObj
    If (IsComObject(vResponseObj)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResponseObj
        Set pvComObject Of hoResponseObj To vResponseObj
    End
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoHttp To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // ...
    // ...

    Send Destroy of hoResponseObj

    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    // Do the equivalent using HttpStr.
    // Your application creates a new, empty HttpResponse object which is passed 
    // in the last argument and filled upon success.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatHttpResponse)) To hoResponseOut
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoResponseOut))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoResponseOut
    End
    Get pvComObject of hoResponseOut to vResponseOut
    Get ComHttpStr Of hoHttp sVerb sUrl sTextData sCharset sContentType vResponseOut To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess = False) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoHttp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End



End_Procedure