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Reputation: 937

HttpWebRequest reeading from a String

I am creating a simple web browser in C#. I have been instructed not to use the webbrowser class provided, so I have to code everything. I am struggling to load the page from my url. Here's my code:

private void toolStripButton5_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        url = "http://" + toolStripTextBox1.Text;
        HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
        HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
        Stream pageStream = response.GetResponseStream();
        StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(pageStream);
    }

StripButton5 corresponds to my navigate button in my form. The problem i'm having is when I type the address like www.google.com. the page just hangs and doesn't load. Any suggestions appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 123

Answers (1)

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Reputation: 937

Had to encode and then read the HTML then get the browser to display it in html.

 private void toolStripButton5_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
 {
   url = "http://" + toolStripTextBox1.Text;
   HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(url);
   HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
   Stream pageStream = response.GetResponseStream();
   StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(pageStream,Encoding.Default);
   string s = reader.ReadToEnd();
   webBrowser1.DocumentText = s;
 }

Upvotes: 2

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