Quote Originally Posted by cicatrix View Post
Yes, you can. But web doesn't work that way. To illustrate my point simply go to the login page with Internet explorer and login. Then go to your other page using Firefox, Opera or Chrome (any other browser).
You'll see that you won't be logged in there since generally your login information is stored in a cookie file and the web-server 'remembers' you by the cookie it sent you on logon. A different browser (and your code will be considered as a different browser) will have other session id and different set of cookies (you won't be able to re-use those from your login).

You will have to login using the same application.
doh, are you sure? I found a way to get my browser cookies and I see the session ID is present and the main cookie too. In theory if I add them to a custom http request I should be able to get it working.