> Where can I go to find out what changes I need to make in the use of the
> Indy HTTP client component to get it to connect through a proxy server?

> Regards, Frederick C. Wilt

> If your client uses a known proxy server than you are in luck. You can
> pluck these settings from the registry. See
> HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

> If yourclient uses auto config, then you are out of luck as the only
> way of getting the proxy server to be used when accesses a certain URL
> is only known to the client once a .pac file has been retrieved from
> the auto config URL and parsed.

> The function to do this has only been recently documented on MSDN, but
> no-one on this list has been able to assist me in getting the function
> call to work.

> See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wini...

> "Frederick C. Wilt" <fcw...@mindspring.com> wrote in message <news:3df3838f@newsgroups.borland.com>...
> > We have a simple web application written in Delphi5 that we are (trying) to
> > access from a service (written in Delphi5) using the Indy HTTP client
> > component. Everything works fine at work (where we have no proxy server
> > between the service and the web app but at the customer site their proxy
> > server is prevent a connection from the Indy HTTP client component and the
> > web application. Internet Explorer can connect since the current default
> > action just servers up a web page identifying the service. So if IE can
> > connect through the proxy it seems that the Indy HTTP client component
> > should be able to if I can get it setup correctly.

> > Where can I go to find out what changes I need to make in the use of the
> > Indy HTTP client component to get it to connect through a proxy server?

> > Regards, Frederick C. Wilt

> Michael O'Reilly wrote:

> > Is IE using a static proxy server port config (i.e. is the proxy and
> > port set in Tools->Internet Options->Connections Tab-> LAN Setting) or
> > does it using auto configuration.

> > If your client uses a known proxy server than you are in luck. You can
> > pluck these settings from the registry. See
> > HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings

> > If yourclient uses auto config, then you are out of luck as the only
> > way of getting the proxy server to be used when accesses a certain URL
> > is only known to the client once a .pac file has been retrieved from
> > the auto config URL and parsed.

> > The function to do this has only been recently documented on MSDN, but
> > no-one on this list has been able to assist me in getting the function
> > call to work.

> > See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wini...

> > "Frederick C. Wilt" <fcw...@mindspring.com> wrote in message <news:3df3838f@newsgroups.borland.com>...
> > > We have a simple web application written in Delphi5 that we are (trying) to
> > > access from a service (written in Delphi5) using the Indy HTTP client
> > > component. Everything works fine at work (where we have no proxy server
> > > between the service and the web app but at the customer site their proxy
> > > server is prevent a connection from the Indy HTTP client component and the
> > > web application. Internet Explorer can connect since the current default
> > > action just servers up a web page identifying the service. So if IE can
> > > connect through the proxy it seems that the Indy HTTP client component
> > > should be able to if I can get it setup correctly.

> > > Where can I go to find out what changes I need to make in the use of the
> > > Indy HTTP client component to get it to connect through a proxy server?

> > > Regards, Frederick C. Wilt