Hello! Is there a reason why applications using xmlhttprequest don't work? Simple Delphi code. Uses comobj; procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject); var xmlhttp: variant; begin xmlhttp:=createoleobject('MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0'); xmlhttp.open('GET', edit1.text, true); xmlhttp.send(); while (xmlhttp.readystate<>4) do application.processmessages; memo1.lines.add(xmlhttp.responsetext); end; Screen cap: http://netikka.net/dev/ole.jpg Here is zipped exe: http://netikka.net/dev/ole.zip Click ok -> OLE error 800401F3 (Ubuntu 10.04, Wine 1.31) Works fine with any Windows.