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WWC talking to WWC on same PC?
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02/09/1999 04:12:30
Mark Hall
Independent Developer & Voip Specialist
Keston, Kent, United Kingdom
 
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Internet applications
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00260464
Message ID:
00260495
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14
>Assistance please !!!
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>I am currently working on an order entry program which requires the ability to validate credit cards via the internet.
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>We are already working with a credit card service bureau that provides a site where we can enter the credit card number and have it validated immediately.
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>We've purchased WWC to do this and I've found it to be more than capable!
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>But, I still have a question...
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>We don't have access to a "test" site on the internet for use during development, so I created one using (what else?) WWC. This site takes a credit card number and returns a validation code, just like the *real* site will.
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>What I need to do now is have my order entry program call the *test* site just as it will call the *real* site in production.
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>The problem is, I don't know what web "address" to use in the call to HTTPConnect(). I've tried "localhost" and several others but I continually get timeout or bad url errors.
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>So the question is... what's the address I should you to connect to an intranet site on the same PC using HTTPConnect()?
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>I'm running NT4 with Peer Web Server.
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>TIA

You could try 127.0.0.1 which is supposed to function as a loopback IP address. Alternatively use the IP address of your own PC (if on a TCP/IP network).
Regards
Mark

Microsoft VFP MCP
Menulib - OO Menus for VFP www.hidb.com/menulib
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