Options Property  
 

Gets and sets the options that are used in establishing a connection.

Syntax

object.Options [= value ]

Remarks

The Options property is an integer value which specifies one or more options. The value specified for this property will be used as the default options when connecting to the server. The property value is created by using a bitwise operator with one or more of the following values

Value Constant Description
1 httpOptionNoCache This instructs the server to not return a cached copy of the resource. When connected to an HTTP 1.0 or earlier server, this directive may be ignored.
2 httpOptionKeepAlive This instructs the server to maintain a persistent connection between requests. This can improve performance because it eliminates the need to establish a separate connection for each resource that is requested. If the server does not support the keep-alive option, the client will automatically reconnect when each resource is requested. Although it will not provide any performance benefits, this allows the option to be used with all servers.
4 httpOptionRedirect This option specifies the client should automatically handle resource redirection. If the server indicates that the requested resource has moved to a new location, the client will close the current connection and request the resource from the new location. Note that it is possible that the redirected resource will be located on a different server.
8 httpOptionProxy This option specifies the client should use the default proxy configuration for the local system. If the system is configured to use a proxy server, then the connection will be automatically established through that proxy; otherwise, a direct connection to the server is established. The local proxy configuration can be changed using the system Control Panel.
16 httpOptionErrorData This option specifies the client should return the content of an error response from the server, rather than returning an error code. Note that this option will disable automatic resource redirection, and should not be used with httpOptionRedirect.
&H400 httpOptionTunnel This option specifies that a tunneled TCP connection and/or port-forwarding is being used to establish the connection to the server. This changes the behavior of the client with regards to internal checks of the destination IP address and remote port number, default capability selection and how the connection is established.
&H800 httpOptionTrustedSite This option specifies the server is trusted. The server certificate will not be validated and the connection will always be permitted. This option only affects connections using either the SSL or TLS protocols.
&H1000 httpOptionSecure This option specifies the client should attempt to establish a secure connection with the server. Note that the server must support secure connections using either the SSL or TLS protocol.
&H8000 httpOptionSecureFallback This option specifies the client should permit the use of less secure cipher suites for compatibility with legacy servers. If this option is specified, the client will allow connections using TLS 1.0 and cipher suites that use RC4, MD5 and SHA1.
&H40000 httpOptionPreferIPv6 This option specifies the client should prefer the use of IPv6 if the server hostname can be resolved to both an IPv6 and IPv4 address. This option is ignored if the local system does not have IPv6 enabled, or when the hostname can only be resolved to an IPv4 address. If the server hostname can only be resolved to an IPv6 address, the client will attempt to establish a connection using IPv6 regardless if this option has been specified.
&H100000 httpOptionHiResTimer This option specifies the elapsed time for data transfers should be returned in milliseconds instead of seconds. This will return more accurate transfer times for smaller amounts of data over fast network connections.

Data Type

Integer (Int32)

See Also

AutoRedirect Property, KeepAlive Property, Secure Property, Connect Method