DiscoveryClientProtocol.Download Method (String)

 

Downloads the discovery document at the supplied URL into a Stream object.

Namespace:   System.Web.Services.Discovery
Assembly:  System.Web.Services (in System.Web.Services.dll)

<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Name := "FullTrust")>
Public Function Download (
	ByRef url As String
) As Stream

Parameters

url
Type: System.String

The URL of the discovery document to download.

Return Value

Type: System.IO.Stream

A Stream containing the document at the supplied URL.

Exception Condition
WebException

The download from the supplied URL returned an HTTP status code other than OK.

' Call the constructor of the DiscoveryClientProtocol class.
Dim myDiscoveryClientProtocol As New DiscoveryClientProtocol()
myDiscoveryClientProtocol.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials
' 'dataservice.disco' is a sample discovery document.
Dim myStringUrl As String = "http://localhost:80/dataservice.disco"

Dim myStream As Stream = myDiscoveryClientProtocol.Download(myStringUrl)
Console.WriteLine("Size of the discovery document downloaded")
Console.WriteLine("is : {0} bytes", myStream.Length.ToString())
myStream.Close()

.NET Framework
Available since 1.1
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