I am at my wits end! httpwebresponse stream to byte array

[ybop]

VB NET 2005

I would be ecstatic if some kind soul could solve this for me. Without the extraneous stuff note the following code:

Dim res() as byte
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Dim WR As HttpWebResponse = HR.GetResponse
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Dim WRCL As Long = WR.ContentLength
 
ReDim res(WRCL - 1)
 
GetResponseStream.Read(res, 0, WRCL)
 

This does not cause any errors but I end up with corrupt data in 'res'. HOWEVER if I recode it such that I only get 1 or 2 bytes at a time then it works but it seems so darn inefficient to have to loop around thousands of times especially when the data is over 100k bytes.

I know the number of bytes to read and remember it works just fine reading one at a time into the array so WHY oh WHY won't it work if I try to read the whole lot at once???

[ybop]

I guess based on the zero responses, not many httpwebresponse experts here. Thanks for reading anyway.

VB NET 2005

I would be ecstatic if some kind soul could solve this for me. Without the extraneous stuff note the following code:

Dim res() as byte
.
.
Dim WR As HttpWebResponse = HR.GetResponse
.
.
Dim WRCL As Long = WR.ContentLength
 
ReDim res(WRCL - 1)
 
GetResponseStream.Read(res, 0, WRCL)
 

This does not cause any errors but I end up with corrupt data in 'res'. HOWEVER if I recode it such that I only get 1 or 2 bytes at a time then it works but it seems so darn inefficient to have to loop around thousands of times especially when the data is over 100k bytes.

I know the number of bytes to read and remember it works just fine reading one at a time into the array so WHY oh WHY won't it work if I try to read the whole lot at once???

[Killer42]

I guess based on the zero responses, not many httpwebresponse experts here. Thanks for reading anyway.

Sorry to see you didn't get any answers here. (Don't forget with the weekend, you may have missed a lot of members).

It might be worth asking in the .Net forum, as well. I suspect a lot of people who use VB.Net (any version later than the ten-year-old VB6) tend to hang around there more than here.