Webclient w/ Proxy

[Steven J. Reed]

I have a WebClient.OpenRead that is timing out on some client machines. I
believe the problem may be Proxy settings on the client machine.

How do I set proxy settings on a WebClient.OpenRead method?

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hi Steven,

Someone else may be able to help more with this, but it looks like you first
need to create a WebProxy object and use the GlobalProxySelection Class

How To Use WebClient Class To Make HTTP Requests

[url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;328820#XSLTH3129121122120121120120[/url]


[url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemnetwebproxyclasstopic.asp[/url]


private bool SetProxy(string ProxyName)
{
//Set the proxy
proxyObject = new WebProxy(ProxyName, true); // the true is to bypass
local address
// You can get the nondynamic proxy settings from Internet Explorer 5.5.
// by using the line below. This is what we use by default if you don't
set anything.
//WebProxy proxyObject = WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy();
// set the Credentials to the user's system credentials
// This will handle NTLM authentication.
// We will error trap for basic and then reqeust the username a password
proxyObject.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
GlobalProxySelection.Select = proxyObject;
return true;
}


"Steven J. Reed" <StevenJReed@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BA000BF3-EBD9-44DF-9372-F1A6546F3B33@microsoft.com...

>I have a WebClient.OpenRead that is timing out on some client machines. I
> believe the problem may be Proxy settings on the client machine.
>
> How do I set proxy settings on a WebClient.OpenRead method?
>
>