Visual Basic

<form id="ServletTest" method="post">
    <input id="Username" name="Username" type="text" /> 
    <input id="Password" maxlength="100" name="Password" type="text" />
    <input id="theFile" name="theFile" type="file" />
    <input id="SubmitButton" type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>

Dim webReq As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(My.Settings.ServletURL)
With webReq
    .Method = "POST" 'set the request method to POST
    .ContentType = "multipart/form-data"
End With
Dim newStream As Stream
Try
    newStream = webReq.GetRequestStream()
Catch exPV As ProtocolViolationException
    My.Application.Log.WriteException(exPV)
    Return False
    Exit Function
Catch exW As WebException
    'Pass this exception on to the caller to decide what to do with it,
    'as it may indicate a temporary problem
    Throw
Catch ex As Exception
    My.Application.Log.WriteException(ex)
    Return False
    Exit Function
End Try