Hi Friedrich / All,

I'm currently building the next set of installers for our templates and have
implemented a couple of extra steps to ensure the user has an Active
Maintenance plan with us.

We are using the 'Connect to Internet' dialog to display a message to the
user and check connectivity, then we do a simple 'Post to HTTP Server' to
ensure that the PC can see our Web Server.
After this step has been passed, we do a further 'Post to HTTP Server'
sending various information regarding the current install.

The problem is that the initial 'Post to HTTP Server' is failing under
certain circumstances and these circumstances seem to be linked to proxy
setups (I think). If I try the URL in a simple web browser or test app that
performs a http post then all works fine, but it fails within SetupBuilder.

As a test, I tried one of our new installers on a home network setup with a
laptop connected wirelessly to a router (with a firewall), then the internet
and all worked as expected.
I then tried the very same installer in an office setup with the same laptop
connected to a network, which passes through a MS Small Business Server
(2008), then a Smoothwall Firewall with Web Proxy - it failed on this test,
even though the test apps and internet explorer worked correctly.

Do you have any ideas as to why I'm getting the error and what steps I can
do to try and correct it.


I'm using SB Developer Edition v7.3.3228.0

Regards,

Andy
www.noyantis.com