----- Original Message -----
From: "Guenter Knauf" <eflash_at_gmx.net>
To: <curl-library_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: How can i use libcurl from vb.net?

> Hi Alex,
> > i love curl and it kind of sux being stuck with php and the cmd line
> > version
> > and i am not good in c or c++ and i haven't used perl ever since i
figured
> > php was better and i know vb6 by heart and learning vb.net and i have a
> > program that uses threads but the http functions suck big time, so how
can
> > i
> > do this? i mean access curl from vb.net? compile a dll version of curl
or
> > what? plus all these curl compilation instructions r waaaaay over my
head
> > so can somebody help me if thats the case
>
> hmm, ok, it might be a long way until you are ready to compile, depending
on what you all want to have:
> - you need to compile zlib first if you want zlib support
> - you need to compile openssl first if you want to have SSL support.
>
> you need a Win32 compiler; I'd suggest you use MingW32 which is free and
compact, with only less than 10MB you get a fully working Win32 native
compiler.
>
> also, since I was just yesterday anyway on the MSVC stuff, I've compiled a
libcurl.dll with zlib and ssl support:
> http://www.gknw.net/test/curl/
>
> please try if that works for you ...
>
> Guenter.

look at the attachment to c what error i get when i try to reference(aka
include, reference is what its called in visual studio) libcurl into vb.net