Reading XML files on WebServer

[Gordon]

Hi,

I am wanting to read an XML file sitting on a server and
am wondering if I will run into problems with firewalls
and/or proxy servers using the following simple bit of
code:
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader
("http://www.myserver.com/myxmlfile.xml");

It works fine with my interent connection.

[Victor Hadianto]

If some of the users are behind a proxy server it may cause a problem.
Especially authentication proxy server. If you concern about these
circumstances I suggest creating a WebRequest object and set the correct
credentials, proxy server and then get the WebResponse object.

Once you get a WebResponse object you can get the Stream and load your XML
document from that stream.

HTH,
--
Victor Hadianto
http://synop.com/Products/SauceReader/

"Gordon" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I am wanting to read an XML file sitting on a server and
am wondering if I will run into problems with firewalls
and/or proxy servers using the following simple bit of
code:
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader
("http://www.myserver.com/myxmlfile.xml");

It works fine with my interent connection.

[Amol Kher [MSFT]]

Gordon,

XmlReader will use the HTTPWebRequest for connecting to the URL you specify
using the user credentials. If HTTPWebRequest succeeds, you will read the
file.

HTH,
Amol

"Gordon" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:43****************************@phx.gbl...

Hi,

I am wanting to read an XML file sitting on a server and
am wondering if I will run into problems with firewalls
and/or proxy servers using the following simple bit of
code:
XmlTextReader reader = new XmlTextReader
("http://www.myserver.com/myxmlfile.xml");

It works fine with my interent connection.