Web Request Query

[DekaFlash]

Using Vb.net 2003, I have a variable declared as type WebRequest.


If the URI the Web Request is accessing is currently unavailable for
whatever reason, what will be returned by GetResponse.
Thanks,
Boulent

 

[JohnH]

GetResponse will not return, but an exception will be raised that you can Try-Catch for.

 

[kulrom]

Well you can do something like this;

[COLOR=green]'1st declare th request object and set up timeout method of the WebRequest object[/COLOR]
objRequest.Timeout = TimeoutSeconds * 1000 
[COLOR=green]' Retrieve data from request ... declare response object and stuff
[/COLOR]{....}
[COLOR=green]' Check if available so, close the response[/COLOR] 
If Not objResponse Is Nothing Then 
     objResponse.Close() 
End If 
Catch 
[COLOR=green]' Error occured grabbing data so, simply return nothing[/COLOR] 
[COLOR=blue]Return[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]String[/COLOR].Empty 
MessageBox.Show("No data received")

HTH
Regards