Answered Web Access in code

AccessShell

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In VB6. Notice the last statement

Set HttpRequest = New WinHttp.WinHttpRequest
With HttpRequest
.Open "GET", "http://....................... ", True
.Send
If .WaitForResponse(3) Then
Do Something . . . . . . . .
holdResponse = .ResponseText
End If
End With
Set HttpRequest = Nothing

But in VB.NET

sURL = “http://........................ “
dim wrGETURL As WebRequest
wrGETURL = WebRequest.Create(sURL)

Dim objStream As Stream
objStream = wrGETURL.GetResponse.GetResponseStream()

Dim objReader As New StreamReader(objStream)

holdResponse = objReader.ReadToEnd

Do I have close the request? I haven’t found anything on the web.

Thanks
 
Close the StreamReader (or put it in Using block), that will also close the response stream it is reading from, so that is the only call that is needed.

What to look out for in .Net is disposable objects, they implement IDisposable interface with a Dispose method. Some of these also have Close method that can be used interchangeably. If the object is created by your code and can be disposed then you must do so before releasing the reference to it.

Going through your code:
WebRequest.Create with a http url creates a HttpWebRequest, it has no Dispose method.
GetResponse then returns a HttpWebResponse object that is disposable, GetResponseStream returns a Stream that is disposable. Documentation explains either one of these must be disposed or closed.
 
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