"stewart.***@anite.com" wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am using the HttpWebRequest and HttpWebRequest to send an XML request
> to an ASPX page.
>
> When I use the browser and add my XML request the request is posted
> fine and an answer is retrieved.
>
> However, when I use the code below I get an timeout error on the line:
>  oWebResponse = DirectCast(oWebRequest.GetResponse, HttpWebResponse)
>
> Does anyone have any ideas why this timeouts in the code, but not the
> browser?
>
> Code:
> 'Issue the Request
>             Try
>                 oWebRequest =
> DirectCast(WebRequest.Create(m_sURIString), HttpWebRequest)
>                 oWebRequest.Method = "POST"
>                 oWebRequest.ContentType = "text/xml"
>                 oWebRequest.KeepAlive = False 'False cos were only
> sending one request
>                 oWebRequest.ContentLength = sRequest.Length
>                 oWebRequest.Timeout = iTimeout
>                 oStmWriter = New
> StreamWriter(oWebRequest.GetRequestStream)
>
>                 oStmWriter.Write(sRequest)
>                 oStmWriter.Flush() 'make sure its done
>
>                 LogMessage(m_oEventLog, "Posted request - " +
> m_sXMLFile)
>
>             Catch WebEx As Net.WebException
>                 Throw New AppException("Generated Web Exception:" &
> WebEx.Message.ToString, _
>                         ExceptionLevel.Failure, "Sending Request to
> URI")
>             Catch ex As Exception
>                 Throw New AppException(ex.Message,
> ExceptionLevel.Failure, "Sending Request to URI")
>             End Try
>
>             'Now read the repsonse
>             Try
>                 'Read the response coming back from the website
>                 oWebResponse = DirectCast(oWebRequest.GetResponse,
> HttpWebResponse)
>                 oStmReader = New
> StreamReader(oWebResponse.GetResponseStream)
>                 'Set the Response to a nice string
>                 sResponse = oStmReader.ReadToEnd
>                 LogMessage(m_oEventLog, "Response recieved - " +
> m_sXMLFile)
>
>                 'Put the XML String into an XML document so that we can
> read it nicely
>                 oXMLResponse.LoadXml(sResponse)
>
>             Finally
>                 oStmWriter.Close()
>                 If Not IsNothing(oStmReader) Then
>                     oStmReader.Close()
>                 End If
>
>                 If Not IsNothing(oWebResponse) Then
>                     oWebResponse.Close()
>                     oWebResponse = Nothing
>                 End If
>
>                 oStmWriter = Nothing
>                 oStmReader = Nothing
>                 oWebRequest = Nothing
>                 oXML = Nothing
>             End Try
>
>