using System;

using System.Net;

using System.Text;

using System.Collections.Specialized;

public class WebClientSample

{

public static void Main()

{

try {

// Download the data to a buffer

WebClient client = new WebClient();

Byte[] pageData = client.DownloadData("http://www.microsoft.com");

string pageHTML = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(pageData);

Console.WriteLine(pageHTML);

// Download the data to a file

client.DownloadFile("http://www.bn.com", "page.htm");

// Upload some form post values

NameValueCollection form = new NameValueCollection();

form.Add("MyName", "MyValue");

Byte[] responseData = client.UploadValues("http://localhost/somefile.ASPx", form);

}

catch (WebException webEx) {

Console.WriteLine(webEx.ToString());

if(webEx.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ConnectFailure) {

Console.WriteLine("Are you behind a firewall? If so, go through the proxy server.");

}

}

}

}