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Author:       François PIETTE
Creation:     Jan 15, 2005
Description:
Version:      1.00
EMail:        francois.piette@overbyte.be    http://www.overbyte.be
Support:      Unsupported code.
Legal issues: Copyright (C) 2005-2007 by François PIETTE
              Rue de Grady 24, 4053 Embourg, Belgium. Fax: +32-4-365.74.56
              <francois.piette@overbyte.be>

              This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or
              implied warranty.  In no event will the author be held liable
              for any  damages arising from the use of this software.

              Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any
              purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it
              and redistribute it freely, subject to the following
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              1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented,
                 you must not claim that you wrote the original software.
                 If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment
                 in the product documentation would be appreciated but is
                 not required.

              2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and
                 must not be misrepresented as being the original software.

              3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source
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unit HttpPost1;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs,
  IniFiles, StdCtrls, ExtCtrls, HttpProt, IcsUrl;

type
  THttpPostForm = class(TForm)
    ToolsPanel: TPanel;
    DisplayMemo: TMemo;
    Label1: TLabel;
    Label2: TLabel;
    FirstNameEdit: TEdit;
    LastNameEdit: TEdit;
    Label3: TLabel;
    ActionURLEdit: TEdit;
    PostButton: TButton;
    Label4: TLabel;
    HttpCli1: THttpCli;
    procedure FormShow(Sender: TObject);
    procedure FormClose(Sender: TObject; var Action: TCloseAction);
    procedure FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
    procedure PostButtonClick(Sender: TObject);
    procedure HttpCli1RequestDone(Sender: TObject; RqType: THttpRequest;
      ErrCode: Word);
  private
    FIniFileName : String;
    FInitialized : Boolean;
  public
    procedure Display(Msg : String);
    property IniFileName : String read FIniFileName write FIniFileName;
  end;

var
  HttpPostForm: THttpPostForm;

implementation

{$R *.DFM}

const
    SectionWindow      = 'Window';   // Must be unique for each window
    KeyTop             = 'Top';
    KeyLeft            = 'Left';
    KeyWidth           = 'Width';
    KeyHeight          = 'Height';
    SectionData        = 'Data';
    KeyFirstName       = 'FirstName';
    KeyLastName        = 'LastName';
    KeyActionURL       = 'ActionURL';


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procedure THttpPostForm.FormCreate(Sender: TObject);
begin
    FIniFileName := LowerCase(ExtractFileName(Application.ExeName));
    FIniFileName := Copy(FIniFileName, 1, Length(FIniFileName) - 3) + 'ini';
end;


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procedure THttpPostForm.FormShow(Sender: TObject);
var
    IniFile : TIniFile;
begin
    if not FInitialized then begin
        FInitialized := TRUE;

        IniFile      := TIniFile.Create(FIniFileName);
        Width        := IniFile.ReadInteger(SectionWindow, KeyWidth,  Width);
        Height       := IniFile.ReadInteger(SectionWindow, KeyHeight, Height);
        Top          := IniFile.ReadInteger(SectionWindow, KeyTop,
                                            (Screen.Height - Height) div 2);
        Left         := IniFile.ReadInteger(SectionWindow, KeyLeft,
                                            (Screen.Width  - Width)  div 2);
        FirstNameEdit.Text := IniFile.ReadString(SectionData, KeyFirstName,
                                                 'John');
        LastNameEdit.Text  := IniFile.ReadString(SectionData, KeyLastName,
                                                 'Doe');
        ActionURLEdit.Text := IniFile.ReadString(SectionData, KeyActionURL,
                                  'http://localhost/cgi-bin/FormHandler');
        IniFile.Destroy;
        DisplayMemo.Clear;
    end;
end;


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procedure THttpPostForm.FormClose(Sender: TObject; var Action: TCloseAction);
var
    IniFile : TIniFile;
begin
    IniFile := TIniFile.Create(FIniFileName);
    IniFile.WriteInteger(SectionWindow, KeyTop,         Top);
    IniFile.WriteInteger(SectionWindow, KeyLeft,        Left);
    IniFile.WriteInteger(SectionWindow, KeyWidth,       Width);
    IniFile.WriteInteger(SectionWindow, KeyHeight,      Height);
    IniFile.WriteString(SectionData, KeyFirstName, FirstNameEdit.Text);
    IniFile.WriteString(SectionData, KeyLastName,  LastNameEdit.Text);
    IniFile.WriteString(SectionData, KeyActionURL, ActionURLEdit.Text);
    IniFile.Destroy;
end;


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procedure THttpPostForm.Display(Msg : String);
begin
    DisplayMemo.Lines.BeginUpdate;
    try
        if DisplayMemo.Lines.Count > 200 then begin
            while DisplayMemo.Lines.Count > 200 do
                DisplayMemo.Lines.Delete(0);
        end;
        DisplayMemo.Lines.Add(Msg);
    finally
        DisplayMemo.Lines.EndUpdate;
        SendMessage(DisplayMemo.Handle, EM_SCROLLCARET, 0, 0);
    end;
end;


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procedure THttpPostForm.PostButtonClick(Sender: TObject);
var
    Data : String;
begin
    Data := 'FirstName=' + UrlEncode(Trim(FirstNameEdit.Text)) + '&' +
            'LastName='  + UrlEncode(Trim(LastNameEdit.Text))  + '&' +
            'Submit=Submit';
    HttpCli1.SendStream := TMemoryStream.Create;
    HttpCli1.SendStream.Write(Data[1], Length(Data));
    HttpCli1.SendStream.Seek(0, 0);
    HttpCli1.RcvdStream := TMemoryStream.Create;
    HttpCli1.URL := Trim(ActionURLEdit.Text);
    HttpCli1.PostAsync;
end;


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procedure THttpPostForm.HttpCli1RequestDone(
    Sender  : TObject;
    RqType  : THttpRequest;
    ErrCode : Word);
var
    Data : String;
begin
    HttpCli1.SendStream.Free;
    HttpCli1.SendStream := nil;

    if ErrCode <> 0 then begin
        Display('Post failed with error #' + IntToStr(ErrCode));
        HttpCli1.RcvdStream.Free;
        HttpCli1.RcvdStream := nil;
        Exit;
    end;
    if HttpCli1.StatusCode <> 200 then begin
        Display('Post failed with error: ' + IntToStr(HttpCli1.StatusCode) +
                HttpCli1.ReasonPhrase);
        HttpCli1.RcvdStream.Free;
        HttpCli1.RcvdStream := nil;
        Exit;
    end;
    Display('Post was OK. Response was:');
    HttpCli1.RcvdStream.Seek(0, 0);
    SetLength(Data, HttpCli1.RcvdStream.Size);
    HttpCli1.RcvdStream.Read(Data[1], Length(Data));
    Display(Data);
end;

end.
