>>>Hi All
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>>>What would be the recommended way to call a HTTPS web page and read the page contents? Any suggestions?
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>>Any old WWUtil from Rick Strah'ls suite. I think even the old freebie ones have a HttpGet() which supports the https port. I know I'm using one daily, just don't remember how old it is - a leftover from one of WestWind installs I was handling over the years. Still works.
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>Thanks Dragan - I have found out my Chilkat Software controls handle it apparently so that will do the job! I have always used these controls with good effect but just wasn't sure about the HTTPS but the developers confirmed it will work OK.

Well well, who'0d a thunk... I used the freebie Chilkat for FTP for years and then something changed somewhere and it just stopped working, so I had to rework everything around something using raw Windows API, which I downloaded from here.