(Visual Basic 6.0) Transition from Http.PostBinary to Http.HttpBinary

Provides instructions for replacing deprecated PostBinary method calls with HttpBinary.

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

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp

Dim verb As String
verb = "POST"
Dim url As String
url = "https://example.com/"
Dim byteData() As Byte
Dim contentType As String
contentType = "application/octet-stream"

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' The PostBinary method is deprecated:

Dim responseBody As String
responseBody = http.PostBinary(url,byteData,contentType,0,0)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' ...
' ...

' ------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Do the equivalent using HttpBinary.

Dim responseOut As New ChilkatHttpResponse
success = http.HttpBinary(verb,url,byteData,contentType,responseOut)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

responseBody = responseOut.BodyStr