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Hi Phil,

As for the proxy setting support in .net framework 2.0, it's greatly
enhanced. The following article is a very good one which almost convers all
the proxy related features in .net framework:

#Proxy Detection Take the Burden Off Users with Automatic Configuration in
..NET
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc300743.aspx

for the default proxy, in .net framework 2.0, it expose this via the
"WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy" property:

#WebRequest..::.DefaultWebProxy Property
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...defaultwebprox
y.aspx

Hope this helps.

Sincerely,

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>NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:26:09 -0500
From: "Phil" <N/A>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
Subject: WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:26:05 +0100

>
According to the help this method is obsolete, but there is no hint as to
what to use now instead.
It does seem to work for me, although I get a warning error from the
compiler.
The warning message contains a link to the microsoft website, but this link
just takes you to the .Net framework home page:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=14202
Can anyone provide the correct link and/or please explain what should now

>used instead of GetDefaultProxy.

TIA
Phil.

Jul 18 '08 #2

Phil

"Steven Cheng [MSFT]" <st*****@online.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:PZ**************@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...

Hi Phil,

As for the proxy setting support in .net framework 2.0, it's greatly
enhanced. The following article is a very good one which almost convers
all
the proxy related features in .net framework:

#Proxy Detection Take the Burden Off Users with Automatic Configuration in
NET
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc300743.aspx

for the default proxy, in .net framework 2.0, it expose this via the
"WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy" property:

#WebRequest..::.DefaultWebProxy Property
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...defaultwebprox
y.aspx

Thanks,

I'll take a look at this when I get a chance.

Cheers,
Phil.

Jul 21 '08 #3

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...defaultwebprox

Thanks for your reply Phil,

No problem. If you have any further questions on this later, please feel
free to post here at your convenience.

Sincerely,

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>Newsgroups: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb
References: <Vr******************************@posted.plusnet >

<PZ**************@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl>

>Subject: Re: WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:19:28 +0100

>

"Steven Cheng [MSFT]" <st*****@online.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:PZ**************@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl...
>Hi Phil,

As for the proxy setting support in .net framework 2.0, it's greatly
enhanced. The following article is a very good one which almost convers
all
the proxy related features in .net framework:

#Proxy Detection Take the Burden Off Users with Automatic Configuration

>NET
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc300743.aspx

for the default proxy, in .net framework 2.0, it expose this via the
"WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy" property:

#WebRequest..::.DefaultWebProxy Property

>y.aspx

Thanks,

I'll take a look at this when I get a chance.

Cheers,
Phil.

Jul 22 '08 #4

Phil

No problem. If you have any further questions on this later, please feel
free to post here at your convenience.

At the moment GetDefaultProxy seems to work fine here (we have ISA server on
our LAN). Am I likely to have any issues/problems with other proxies when we
start shipping the software out to other companies? At the moment I am
tempted to leave it as it is, and worry about it if/when users begin
reporting problems.

Cheers,
Phil.

Jul 22 '08 #5

Thanks for your reply Phil,

The DefaultProxy you get is the existing one on the machine(for the user
context), if your target deployment environment also has such a default
proxy exists, that will also work well. If you fear that the environment
may be different, you may consider add a global configuration setting in
your application so that the use can manually specify a proxy address. And
in your application's startup code, you can assign this address to the
"WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy"
How do you think?

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
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<PZ**************@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl>
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>Subject: Re: WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:09:49 +0100

>
>>
No problem. If you have any further questions on this later, please feel
free to post here at your convenience.

At the moment GetDefaultProxy seems to work fine here (we have ISA server

>our LAN). Am I likely to have any issues/problems with other proxies when

>start shipping the software out to other companies? At the moment I am
tempted to leave it as it is, and worry about it if/when users begin
reporting problems.

Cheers,
Phil.

Jul 23 '08 #6

WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy() Replacement?

Hi Phil,

Do you still have any questions on this issue or is everything going well?

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng
Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
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From: st*****@online.microsoft.com (Steven Cheng [MSFT])
Organization: Microsoft
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:10:57 GMT
Subject: Re: WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy

>
Thanks for your reply Phil,

The DefaultProxy you get is the existing one on the machine(for the user
context), if your target deployment environment also has such a default
proxy exists, that will also work well. If you fear that the environment
may be different, you may consider add a global configuration setting in
your application so that the use can manually specify a proxy address. And
in your application's startup code, you can assign this address to the
"WebRequest.DefaultWebProxy"
How do you think?

Sincerely,

Steven Cheng

Microsoft MSDN Online Support Lead
Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
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<PZ**************@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl>
<1o******************************@posted.plusne t>
<NS**************@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl>
>>Subject: Re: WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:09:49 +0100

>>
>>>
No problem. If you have any further questions on this later, please feel
free to post here at your convenience.

At the moment GetDefaultProxy seems to work fine here (we have ISA server
on
>>our LAN). Am I likely to have any issues/problems with other proxies when
we
>>start shipping the software out to other companies? At the moment I am
tempted to leave it as it is, and worry about it if/when users begin
reporting problems.

Cheers,
Phil.

Jul 25 '08 #7

Phil

Do you still have any questions on this issue or is everything going well?
I think I now have enough information about where to look if/when it becomes
an issue, so I'm fine for now.
Thanks,
Phil.

Jul 28 '08 #8

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