Posting to a form blindly (Behind the scenes)

[mplutodh1]

This may seem like an odd thing to do, but is there a way to blindly
post to a form. By that I mean, sending data (First_Name=John) without
actually having the browser go to that page?

I am working on an event registration site, all of the basic
registration is done in a simple ASP.NET form which saves the data to
an Access DB. We need a mailing list for our website and instead of
completely reinventing the wheel I am using an ASP script that is
available online that
handles everything for us. Users have two ways to register for the
newsletter, the first is via an HTML form on the website that posts
data to an ASP page, the second is where I am stuck. I want users who
register for the event to be able to select a checkbox during
registration that says "Register for newsletter" and instead of making
them complete another step in their registration process, I would like
the registration page to handle their registration for the mailing
list behind the scenes. The registration form for the event already
collects all the necessary event for the classic ASP page and I know
the variable names the ASP page uses, just unsure of a way to take
care of everything behind the scenes.

Anyone have any suggestions? I guess a quick redirect at the end of
checkout is a possibility but really would like to avoid that.

Thanks

 

[billmiami2]

You can formulate a WebRequest (System.Net.WebRequest) on the server.
In this case, you would take the values posted back to you on the
registration site and create a new request for the mailing list site
with the appropriate name/value pairs.

See the following article for an example:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...fsystemnetwebclientclassuploadvaluestopic.asp

Bill E.
Hollywood, FL