WebRequest.Create and timeout

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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
 
Bob said:
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.
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Do you mean the Create as opposed to another method? or the WebRequest object
in general?


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

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

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