[RESOLVED] [2008] DownloadString hangs grabbing html.

[Griminal]

I'm trying to parse the current song off a shoutcast stream admin page put my app just hangs at that line.

Using wc As New Net.WebClient
       MessageBox.Show(wc.DownloadString("http://66.90.121.11:10013"))
End Using

The pages loads just fine in any browser. I'm not seeing something. Can anybody help?

[stanav]

The messagebox class isn't designed to display a large amount of text. Use a textbox instead. Besides, make sure the url is a working one too.

[Griminal]

Thanks for the response! I stated in my original post that the url works just fine. In regards to using the messagebox, I'm just testing and I followed jmcilhinney's example where he used the messagebox:

http://www.vbforums.com/showpost.php...96&postcount=3

I use this method all the time for other pages but I've never had this issue before. I don't know if it is in regards to the port, headers, or response time. Ignorance on my part and I searched for a few hours last night. I'm just looking for a push in the right direction.

[Negative0]

Try hitting the page, instead of just the URL:

http://66.90.121.11:10013/index.html

[Griminal]

Tried that too. No dice.

[Negative0]

When I run against that URL, I am getting an error:

"The server committed a protocol violation. Section=ResponseStatusLine"

Do you get the same error?

[Griminal]

Yeah, I did. I did some searching and found that I needed to put httpWebRequest useUnsafeHeaderParsing = "true" into the app.config file.

Now I'm stuck with the "not doing anything hang."

[Griminal]

Found my own solution. I did a search for webclient shoutcast and it popped right up. I always have a hard time figuring out which keywords to use in searching.

Solution: http://forums.asp.net/t/1016022.aspx