LPARAMETERS pcUrlName
DECLARE INTEGER InternetOpen IN wininet.DLL STRING sAgent, ;
      INTEGER lAccessType, STRING sProxyName, ;
      STRING sProxyBypass, INTEGER lFlags

DECLARE INTEGER InternetOpenUrl IN wininet.DLL ;
   INTEGER hInternetSession, STRING sUrl, STRING sHeaders,;
   INTEGER lHeadersLength, INTEGER lFlags, INTEGER lContext

DECLARE INTEGER InternetReadFile IN wininet.DLL INTEGER hfile, ;
      STRING @sBuffer, INTEGER lNumberofBytesToRead, INTEGER @lBytesRead

DECLARE short InternetCloseHandle IN wininet.DLL INTEGER hInst

#DEFINE INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG 0
#DEFINE INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_DIRECT 1
#DEFINE INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PROXY 3
#DEFINE SYNCHRONOUS 0
#DEFINE INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD 2147483648
#DEFINE CR CHR(13)

local lsAgent, lhInternetSession, lhUrlFile, llOk, lnOk, lcRetVal, lcReadBuffer, lnBytesRead

* what application is using Internet services?
lsAgent = "VPF 5.0"

lhInternetSession = InternetOpen( lsAgent, INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG, ;
      '', '', SYNCHRONOUS)

* debugging line - uncomment to see session handle
* WAIT WINDOW "Internet session handle: " + LTRIM(STR(hInternetSession))

IF lhInternetSession = 0
   WAIT WINDOW "Internet session cannot be established" TIME 2
   RETURN .null.
ENDIF

lhUrlFile = InternetOpenUrl( lhInternetSession, pcUrlName, '', 0, ;
                             INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0)

* debugging line - uncomment to see URL handle
* WAIT WINDOW "URL Handle: " + LTRIM(STR(hUrlFile))

IF lhUrlFile = 0
   WAIT WINDOW "URL cannot be opened" Timeout 5
   RETURN .null.
ENDIF

lcRetVal = ""
llOk = .t.

DO WHILE llOK
   * set aside a big buffer
   lsReadBuffer = SPACE(32767)
   lnBytesRead = 0
   lnOK = InternetReadFile( lhUrlFile, @lsReadBuffer, LEN(lsReadBuffer), @lnBytesRead)

   if ( lnBytesRead > 0 )
      lcRetVal = lcRetVal + left( lsReadBuffer, lnBytesRead )
   endif

   * error trap - either a read failure or read past eof()
   llOk = ( lnOK = 1 ) and ( lnBytesRead > 0 )
ENDDO

* close all the handles we opened
InternetCloseHandle( lhUrlFile )
InternetCloseHandle( lhInternetSession )

* return the URL contents
RETURN lcRetVal