Adding SSL to your network communcations in VB is usally an expensive proposition both in terms of time and money. There are a handful of ActiveX controls out there to help you do it most with quite different programming models and some costing up to $1000.
ChilkatSSL is a free open source component based around the OPENSSL libraries that lets you add SSL enabled communications to your projects relativly easily.
The trick is, ChilkatSSL was designed for use in C++ and does not directly support VB...
This code will show you how to get it to work with VB through the use of an external VBized type library.
| Submitted On | 2003-10-04 17:38:26 |
| By | dzzie |
| Level | Beginner |
| User Rating | 5.0 (10 globes from 2 users) |
| Compatibility | VB 6.0 |
| Category | Internet/ HTML |
| World | Visual Basic |
| Archive File | SSL_Commun16563910102003.zip |