PowerBuilder

Transition from Http.PBinaryBd to Http.HttpBd

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated PBinaryBd method calls with HttpBd. PowerBuilder

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Http
string ls_Verb
string ls_Url
oleobject loo_BdRequestBody
string ls_ContentType
oleobject loo_ResponseObj
oleobject loo_ResponseOut

li_Success = 0

loo_Http = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Http.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Http")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Http
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

ls_Verb = "POST"
ls_Url = "https://example.com/"
loo_BdRequestBody = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_BdRequestBody.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.BinData")

ls_ContentType = "application/octet-stream"

// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
// The PBinaryBd method is deprecated:

loo_ResponseObj = loo_Http.PBinaryBd(ls_Verb,ls_Url,loo_BdRequestBody,ls_ContentType,0,0)
if loo_Http.LastMethodSuccess = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_BdRequestBody
    return
end if

// ...
// ...

destroy loo_ResponseObj

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

loo_ResponseOut = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_ResponseOut.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")

li_Success = loo_Http.HttpBd(ls_Verb,ls_Url,loo_BdRequestBody,ls_ContentType,loo_ResponseOut)
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Http.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Http
    destroy loo_BdRequestBody
    destroy loo_ResponseOut
    return
end if



destroy loo_Http
destroy loo_BdRequestBody
destroy loo_ResponseOut