WebRequest.Create and timeout

[Bob]

I've got to use the http protocol to communicate with another machine as
part of a Web Service using HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse. As such,
timing is important.

When I create the HttpWebRequest as shown in the help example:
Dim myReq As HttpWebRequest = _
WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/")

does this actually go out and try and establish some sort of connection
with the remote site? If so, I'll need to spin this off in a thread so I
can create a timeout.

Thanks,

Bob

[Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu]

Bob <no********@forevermail.com> wrote in news:MPG.1a9ac5e95b3fac86989680
@news.microsoft.com:

When I create the HttpWebRequest as shown in the help example:
Dim myReq As HttpWebRequest = _
WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/")

does this actually go out and try and establish some sort of connection
with the remote site? If so, I'll need to spin this off in a thread so I
can create a timeout.

Do you mean the Create as opposed to another method? or the WebRequest object
in general?
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[Bob]

In article <Xn******************@127.0.0.1>, cp**@hower.org says...

Bob <no********@forevermail.com> wrote in news:MPG.1a9ac5e95b3fac86989680
@news.microsoft.com:

When I create the HttpWebRequest as shown in the help example:
Dim myReq As HttpWebRequest = _
WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/")

does this actually go out and try and establish some sort of connection
with the remote site? If so, I'll need to spin this off in a thread so I
can create a timeout.

Do you mean the Create as opposed to another method? or the WebRequest object
in general?
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Chad Z. Hower (a.k.a. Kudzu) - http://www.hower.org/Kudzu/
"Programming is an art form that fights back"
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Sorry. The Create method.

Bob

[Joerg Jooss]

Bob wrote:

I've got to use the http protocol to communicate with another machine
as part of a Web Service using HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse. As
such, timing is important.

When I create the HttpWebRequest as shown in the help example:
Dim myReq As HttpWebRequest = _
WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/")

does this actually go out and try and establish some sort of
connection with the remote site? If so, I'll need to spin this off in
a thread so I can create a timeout.

No, it can't. Otherwise, you would have a hard time setting HTTP headers
that affect the underlying TCP connection ;-)

Cheers,
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Joerg Jooss
jo*********@gmx.net

[Eric Lawrence [MSFT]]

The request isn't executed until you try to get the response stream.

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"Joerg Jooss" <jo*********@gmx.net> wrote in message
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Bob wrote:

I've got to use the http protocol to communicate with another machine
as part of a Web Service using HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse. As
such, timing is important.

When I create the HttpWebRequest as shown in the help example:
Dim myReq As HttpWebRequest = _
WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com/")

does this actually go out and try and establish some sort of
connection with the remote site? If so, I'll need to spin this off in
a thread so I can create a timeout.

No, it can't. Otherwise, you would have a hard time setting HTTP headers
that affect the underlying TCP connection ;-)

Cheers,
--
Joerg Jooss
jo*********@gmx.net