VB: How to use Internet Explorer proxy setting in the desktop application

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Subject: VB: How to use Internet Explorer proxy setting in the desktop application?

Dears all:

My desktop application fetches XML data via DSL at my home, but gives
exception on Internet access via proxy server in my office LAN.

Please help me.

Muhammad Islam

Posted 10-Mar-11 1:34am

Muhamamd Islam

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Dylan Morley · Answer 1 · 2011-03-10T01:51:00

Have a look at the Default Web Proxy[^] and Default Credentials[^] properties available to you

Either set these programatically against your 'WebRequest' object

E.g.

C#

request.Proxy = System.Net.WebProxy.GetDefaultProxy();
request.Proxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

..or you can define the settings in your application config file

XML

<system.net>
<defaultProxy enabled="true" useDefaultCredentials="true" >
<proxy autoDetect="True" scriptLocation="http://wpad.premiers.qld.gov.au/wpad.dat"/>
</defaultProxy>
</system.net>