>Great, thanks for the info. I have the IE object model, does it give any detail on the web browser ActiveX component?

It is the definitive reference for both the ActiveX control and the automation object. It has everything you'll need, except good examples...


>I was also considering using Rick's wwipstuff library and simply post the data then read the returned document into a string and check for errors. Do you think this approach would work better and does his functions work with a secured site? This app will be heavily used and I'm really looking for stability here.

wwIPStuff will definitely be lighter weight. Yes, it works with secure sites, but can get tangly if you have to deploy in environments behind proxy servers and/or firewalls. Also, since you can use HTTPGetEx which is a modal call, you don't have to worry about polling for results.