webclient

DownloadStringAysnc - doesn't show progress

Hello, VS 2008 SP1 I am using the DownloadStringAysnc. But the ProgressChanged event doesn't show progress until after the string has been downloaded. Even when I try and download a string which is contained in a big file. The programs remains response so I know it is doing something. However, it is when the progress has completed th...

How can I change the time limit for webClient.UploadData()?

I am using WebClient.UploadData() to do a post on a Java server. How can I extend the time limit? (It times out every time I am trying to do some debugging) ...

Using WebClient within ASP.NET MVC asynchronously?

I have an ASP.NET MVC application that currently uses the WebClient class to make a simple call to an external web service from within a controller action. Currently I am using the DownloadString method, which runs synchronously. I have run into issues where the external web service is unresponsive, which results in my entire ASP.NET ap...

C# Silverlight WebClient get Content-Type of Response?

Is there a way to get the Content-Type of the response or conversely set the Content-Type of an outgoing request in Silverlight using WebClient? Edit I need to make http requests and be able to show progress for them. I want to package the machinery for making the requests into a generic module and use it everywhere in my code. This I ...

Silverlight and ATOM feeds that require authentication

I am building a simple feed reader application that needs to access an ATOM feed that requires authentication. I was going down the route of using the WebClient class and found a Credential property that exists but is not implemented! webclient.Credentials = new NetworkCredential("username", "password"); Question: What work around ar...

WebClient.DownloadString() makes my application freeze during the "download" of the source code.

Hi there guys! :D I'm trying to have my application download the source code of a website and filter out the information that I need to pull on my application. Everything is fine and dandy however the UI freezes until my application finishes downloading the source code of the site. If there is anywhere I can get help, this has got to ...

C# WebRequest POST Parameters are not coming through

Hi all, I'm trying to post to a webpage using WebClient in C#. Somehow the parameters are not coming through. The page itself is a php page. I've tested the same page with a regular browser/html page and then it works, so I'm expecting that it is a client issue Can anybody tell me what I might be doing wrong? WebClient myClien...

How can I read content generated via ajax using webclient?

I'm downloading a web site using WebClient public void download() { client = new WebClient(); client.DownloadStringCompleted += new DownloadStringCompletedEventHandler(client_DownloadStringCompleted); client.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8; client.DownloadStringAsync(new Uri(eUrl.Text)); } void client_DownloadStringCompleted(object sender, Dow...

java browser using mozilla webclient

Hi, I have downloaded the xulrunner.zip and webclient_2_0_a9_rc3.zip . Can some one explain me through a simple code of JAVA so that mozilla webclient will call any web page. I want to call a we page in a jframe.A simple demo that implement calling of web page in jframe using mozilla web client. Please help.I just need to know how to i...

Silverlight cross-domain: SecurityException in release mode only

I understand that for Silverlight to be able to make a cross-domain request using the WebClient class, there needs to be a clientaccesspolicy.xml at the root of the server. I got this working, and when the Silverlight app has been compiled in debug mode, this works great. When the Silverlight app is compiled in release mode, however, I g...

GWT inter project communication

Hi, We have a large GWT project and many smaller GWT sub-projects basically the large controller project invokes the smaller projects via many means such as some are incorporated into iframes that are shown in page, some are shown by clicking a URL and opening the project into a new window. The requirement is to change the Css on the fl...

Loop through a URL to find the working link.

I am downloading a file from a website and I have the link. But the end part of the link changes to the current month. I need to loop through the link, making changes to the month part of it, and download the file. My first question is how to know if a link has failed, to go to another link? Second ,can you can suggest me a way to loop ...

How can you access a MySQL database from the web without using a servlet or PHP?

I'm currently using a hosting service that offers users access to MySQL databases, but does not offer a Tomcat server or any other way to perform server side processing. So a three tier design is out. Being a novice in Java and Javascript I was planning on using them on this project to gain more experience. I know nothing about PHP, wh...

is it possible to parse text like XML in GWT ?

I know that browsers do support XML with DOM approach I have an application that uses GWT and it uploads file at the server, when the uploading completes, i need the server to respond back to the client with a Bean since this is a file upload, the response is handled by a servlet. I am able to read a string at the client by reading the...

Prevent server from encoding in gzip when downloading with WebClient

I have a download manager of sorts that uses WebClient.DownloadFileAsync. Webclient doesn't seem to handle gzip encoding and some servers are insisting on using it. Since almost all of the files this will be downloading are already compressed, it would be nice just to be able to force it to stop. I've tried setting the Accept-Encoding t...

C# WebClient Log onto Website

Hello, I'm trying to log onto a website by providing my (correct) username and password. Here's the code: string URL = @"https://www.t-mobile.co.uk/service/your-account/login/"; string username = "a_user"; string password = "a_password"; //ServicePointManager.Expect100Continue = false; CookieAw...

WebClient and proxy server (Ntlm auth maybe?)

Hi, Having some issues connecting to internet from an application where a customer is using a proxy server. The following code seems to work most other customers, including those that use proxies. Dim wc As New WebClient wc.UseDefaultCredentials = True wc.Proxy = WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy wc.Proxy.Credentials = wc.Credentials Dim res...

Silverlight3: What to use: WebClient or database with RIA

Hello, I'm asking for the advice. I'm working at the Silverlight 3 application and now I should select the mean how to save the information and get it. I could save the necessary info in files (from 1 to 300K size) or I could save them in database. If I would use WebClient for accessing to separate file there's very low loading of the se...

C# WebClient - View source question

Hello, I'm using a C# WebClient to post login details to a page and read the all the results. The page I am trying to load includes flash (which, in the browser, translates into HTML). I'm guessing it's flash to avoid being picked up by search engines??? The flash I am interested in is just text (not an image/video) etc and when I "V...

WebClient.UploadProgressChanged Event issue

Hello everyone, I am using VSTS 2008 + C# + .Net 3.5 to develop a console application to upload a file to server. I want to show upload progress. I want to use WebClient.UploadProgressChanged Event, but confused about its function -- "Occurs when an asynchronous upload operation successfully transfers some or all of the data." My confus...