Hi folks,

I have a situation that I need to get a little advice on. I had _thought_ I was correctly set up but apparently not. Most likely it's a TCP/IP or W2K setup issue I am unfamiliar with but I could sure use your experience if you would..

Ok, I have a need to be able to issue a request over the Internet to an IP address, not a URL. For example, instead of:

http://www.SomeRegisteredWebSite.com/HpTest/wc.dll?pipeline~GetMlsName~&CID= + lcCID

I'd like to issue:

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/HpTest/wc.dll?pipeline~GetMlsName~&CID= + lcCID

and get the same result.

In testing on my local machine (127.0.0.1) the following command works for example #1 but not #2.

lcXML = oXML.LoadURL(lcURL) <-- Command I'm issuing to load my URL in

1) lcURL = [http://localhost/HpTest/wc.dll?pipeline~GetMLSNames~&CID=] + lcCID <-- Works just fine!

2) lcURL = [http://127.0.0.1/HpTest/wc.dll?pipeline~GetMLSNames~&CID=] + lcCID <-- Doesn't work !?!?

In looking through the documentation I can see in some cases where it indicates that substituting an IP address will work and in others there is no mention that it will or will not work. So, what I'm wondering is this; does anyone know if substituting an IP for a URL will or will not work either on a local machine or on the Internet?


Thanks!!

Best,

DD