Reviewing the Protocols Supported by the Internet Transfer Control

Microsoft has provided Visual Basic programmers with the Internet Transfer control to access remote servers on the Internet. The Internet Transfer control bundles two common Internet protocols: the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP). This control handles all of the grunge work and makes transferring files relatively easy.

Before I go into the details about how the Internet Transfer control works, l would like to take a moment to review the FTP and HTTP protocols. Of course, if you already know how these protocols work and don’t need a refresher, feel free to skip to the next section.

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