Public Shared Sub Main()


        Try
            Dim client As New WebClient()
            Dim pageData As [Byte]() = client.DownloadData("http://www.contoso.com")
            Dim pageHtml As String = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(pageData)

            ' Download the data to a buffer.
            Console.WriteLine(pageHtml)

            ' Download the data to a file.
            client.DownloadFile("http://www.contoso.com", "page.htm")


            ' Upload some form post values.
            dim form as New NameValueCollection()
               form.Add("MyName", "MyValue")  

               ' Note that you need to replace "http://localhost/somefile.aspx" with the name of 
               ' a file that is available to your computer.
               Dim responseData As [Byte]() = client.UploadValues("http://www.contoso.com/form.aspx", form)      
            Console.WriteLine(Encoding.ASCII.GetString(responseData))

        Catch webEx As WebException
            if webEx.Status = WebExceptionStatus.ConnectFailure then
               Console.WriteLine("Are you behind a firewall?  If so, go through the proxy server.")
            end if
            Console.Write(webEx.ToString())
        End Try


    End Sub 'Main

        try {
            
        // Download the data to a buffer.
               WebClient client = new WebClient();

          Byte[] pageData = client.DownloadData("http://www.contoso.com");
        string pageHtml = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(pageData);
        Console.WriteLine(pageHtml);

        // Download the data to a file.
                client.DownloadFile("http://www.contoso.com", "page.htm");

        // Upload some form post values.
        NameValueCollection form = new NameValueCollection();        
        form.Add("MyName", "MyValue");        
        Byte[] responseData = client.UploadValues("http://www.contoso.com/form.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.");
               }
        }

try
{
   // Download the data to a buffer.
   WebClient^ client = gcnew WebClient;

   array<Byte>^ pageData = client->DownloadData( "http://www.contoso.com" );
   String^ pageHtml = Encoding::ASCII->GetString( pageData );
   Console::WriteLine( pageHtml );

   // Download the data to a file.
   client->DownloadFile( "http://www.contoso.com", "page.htm" );

   // Upload some form post values.
   NameValueCollection^ form = gcnew NameValueCollection;
   form->Add( "MyName", "MyValue" );
   array<Byte>^ responseData = client->UploadValues( "http://www.contoso.com/form.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." );
   }
}