Thank you for pointing me in the direction of XMLHTTP. I'm still thinking about this in terms of creating a python script that is functionally equivalent to the VB code in the original post. The information I reviewed about XMLHTTP makes me think that it may be possible to use the win32com.client to provide the python script with the same methods and properties that the VB program is using.
Is win32com.client what I should be using? The Dispatch method of win32com.client? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
