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msxml3.dll error '80072f78'

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Symptoms: If you get an error like this while attempting to retrieve XML data for example, like this: objXmlHttp.open "GET", https://someurl.com/index.html

The code may vary depending on how you're using the Microsoft XML Object, you may get an error like this:

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msxml3.dll error '80072f78'

The server returned an invalid or unrecognized response

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While you have an ASP code that retrieves data from another server webpage

If you are declaring your object using Microsoft XML Version 3:

Set objXmlHttp = Server.CreateObject("Msxml2.ServerXMLHTTP").

Try using Microsoft XML Version 3:

Set objXmlHttp = Server.CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")

Ths may resolve the error described at the beginning of this article.

 
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