How to send info to URL without opening a window

[ChuckNZ2002]

I hope that you folks can help?

I have ten IP cameras strategically located around my property. I capture video from these cameras with no problems. The cameras have the ability to pan and tilt, if I send commands to them.

I can send something like the following to the cameras using ShellExecute:

//http://192.168.1.99/cgi-bin/recall.cgi?recall=paddock1

That tells the camera to point to a present position called "paddock1"

But, I DO NOT want to open a window. Otherwise, I will end up with thousands of windows or tabs open.

I could live with having one window being used for this process, as long as it didn't pop to the top each time I send a command to/through it.

Any assistance you can offer will be greatly appreciated.

[Wolfgan]

It's very simple. Use components Indy (TIdHttp) http://www.delphigroups.info/2/5/487672.html

or http://www.realthinclient.com/ (TrtcHttpClient)

[ChuckNZ2002]

Thanks so much, Wolfgan, for pointing me to the Tidy project. I'm fairly rusty at programming (after a 40-year career in IT), so it was a challenge getting things to work. The problem was exacerbated by so many different version of IdHTTP being available. But my camera project is running perfectly now.