NavigatePost

Reads content of webpage with optional post data
two main differences from Navigate, this one uses another library (WinHttpRequest vs MSXML2) and method 'Post' vs 'Get'
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Public Function NavigatePost(sURL As String, sPostData As String) As String
    Dim HttpReq As WinHttpRequest
    Set HttpReq = New WinHttpRequest
'    Dim HttpReq As MSXML2.XMLHTTP60, Errcount
'    Set HttpReq = New MSXML2.XMLHTTP60
    On Error Resume Next
    HttpReq.Open "POST", sURL, False    ' toggle the use of these lines if did not work
    HttpReq.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
'    HttpReq.setRequestHeader "Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
'    HttpReq.Open "GET", sURL, True
    DoEvents
    HttpReq.send sPostData
    HttpReq.waitForResponse
Do1:
    DoEvents
    NavigatePost = HttpReq.responseText
    DoEvents
    If HttpReq.Status = 200 Then
        NavigatePost = HttpReq.responseText
        DoEvents
    Else
        DoEvents
        GoTo Do1
    End If
    GoTo ByeBye
Err11:
    'Errcount = Errcount + 1
    'If Errcount > 10 Then GoTo ByeBye
    'Set HttpReq = Nothing
    'DoEvents
    'Err.Clear
    'ReadSStatus
    GoTo ByeBye
ByeBye:
    Set HttpReq = Nothing
End Function

sURL As String, sPostData As String

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