ASP/XML Object Problem

[JSeverson]

Hi,
I am trying to use an XML object in ASP to retrieve the current weather condition. Depending on the weather, a particular flash file will then be displayed. The problem, which I experienced today, is that the site that I was trying to retrieve the weather from was down and, obviously, I received an error on my end.

The error that I received was:

msxml3.dll error '800c0005'
The system cannot locate the resource specified.
/redesign/includes/weather.asp, line 19

Part of the code that is generating the error is below:

myZip = 12487 'Ulster Park, NY
URL = "http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query="&myZip

'create our XMLHTTP object
set http_obj = createObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
call http_obj.Open("GET",URL,false)
call http_obj.Send()

Line 19 is the line "call http_obj.Send()". Is there any way to have some sort of error control in this code (i.e. If the site is down, just display a default Flash movie)?

Thanks,

[SteveF]

Try the old;

on error resume next

and then after the object call test for an error, if an error has occurred (object not created) then do something else

if err then
other code that does something else

Hope that helps, worth a try! Might not be perfect or work at all!!!
(works for my Cdonts mail when something wrong with server!)

[JSeverson]

Thanks. I tried using On Error Resume Next and it appears to have worked. I tried changing the URL where the data is retrieved from to several different sites, some that exist and some that don't, and the error that was occuring before didn't come up again.

Thanks again,