' Create a 'WebRequest' object with the specified url 
            Dim myWebRequest As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create("www.contoso.com")

            ' Send the 'WebRequest' and wait for response.
            Dim myWebResponse As WebResponse = myWebRequest.GetResponse()

            ' Call method 'GetResponseStream' to obtain stream associated with the response object
            Dim ReceiveStream As Stream = myWebResponse.GetResponseStream()

            Dim encode As Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8")

            ' Pipe the stream to a higher level stream reader with the required encoding format.
            Dim readStream As New StreamReader(ReceiveStream, encode)
            Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Cr + "Response stream received")
            Dim read(256) As [Char]

            ' Read 256 charcters at a time    .
            Dim count As Integer = readStream.Read(read, 0, 256)
            Console.WriteLine("HTML..." + ControlChars.Lf + ControlChars.Cr)
            While count > 0

                ' Dump the 256 characters on a string and display the string onto the console.
                Dim str As New [String](read, 0, count)
                Console.Write(str)
                count = readStream.Read(read, 0, 256)

            End While
            Console.WriteLine("")

            ' Release the resources of stream object.
	         readStream.Close()

	         ' Release the resources of response object.
            myWebResponse.Close()
            

        // Create a 'WebRequest' object with the specified url. 
	 WebRequest myWebRequest = WebRequest.Create("http://www.contoso.com"); 

	// Send the 'WebRequest' and wait for response.
	WebResponse myWebResponse = myWebRequest.GetResponse(); 

	// Obtain a 'Stream' object associated with the response object.
	Stream ReceiveStream = myWebResponse.GetResponseStream();
	        	
	Encoding encode = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("utf-8");

        // Pipe the stream to a higher level stream reader with the required encoding format. 
	 StreamReader readStream = new StreamReader( ReceiveStream, encode );
	 Console.WriteLine("\nResponse stream received");
	 Char[] read = new Char[256];

        // Read 256 charcters at a time.    
	 int count = readStream.Read( read, 0, 256 );
        Console.WriteLine("HTML...\r\n");

	while (count > 0) 
	{
    	    // Dump the 256 characters on a string and display the string onto the console.
	    String str = new String(read, 0, count);
	    Console.Write(str);
	    count = readStream.Read(read, 0, 256);
	}

       Console.WriteLine("");
     // Release the resources of stream object.
     readStream.Close();

     // Release the resources of response object.
     myWebResponse.Close(); 

// Create a 'WebRequest' object with the specified url.
WebRequest^ myWebRequest = WebRequest::Create( "http://www.contoso.com" );

// Send the 'WebRequest' and wait for response.
WebResponse^ myWebResponse = myWebRequest->GetResponse();

// Obtain a 'Stream' object associated with the response object.
Stream^ ReceiveStream = myWebResponse->GetResponseStream();

Encoding^ encode = System::Text::Encoding::GetEncoding( "utf-8" );

// Pipe the stream to a higher level stream reader with the required encoding format.
StreamReader^ readStream = gcnew StreamReader( ReceiveStream,encode );
Console::WriteLine( "\nResponse stream received" );
array<Char>^ read = gcnew array<Char>(256);

// Read 256 charcters at a time.
int count = readStream->Read( read, 0, 256 );
Console::WriteLine( "HTML...\r\n" );

while ( count > 0 )
{
   // Dump the 256 characters on a string and display the string onto the console.
   String^ str = gcnew String( read,0,count );
   Console::Write( str );
   count = readStream->Read( read, 0, 256 );
}

Console::WriteLine( "" );
// Release the resources of stream object.
readStream->Close();

// Release the resources of response object.
myWebResponse->Close();