net.HTTPSocket problem

General
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I am using a xojo.net.HTTPSocket that I subclassed as MeterSocket. The code that calls it is

dim MySock as MeterSocket dim a As String = "https://ezmeter.net/meterdata.php?serial=" + rs.Field("SerNo").StringValue + "&getjson=TRUE" MySock.Send("GET", a)
This worked when I typed in the string with a five digit serial number in place of the recordset field and didn’t use the variable a. When I run it with the recordset as shown, it fails to compile saying [quote]There is more than one item with this name and it’s not clear to which this refers.
MySock.Send(“GET”, a) [/quote] WHen I change the [quote]a[/quote] to [quote]a.ToText[/quote] , it compiles, but throws a NilObjectException when that line executes.

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This works

dim MySock as New MeterSocket dim a As Text = "https://ezmeter.net/meterdata.php?serial=" + rs.Field("SerNo").StringValue.toText + "&getjson=TRUE" MySock.Send("GET", a)

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Xojo.Net.Httpsocket requires TEXT not string. It is part of what was to be the new Framework.

Xojo.net.httpsocket docs