[DotNetDevelopment] Unhandled exception... unabable to connect to remote server

[cspaceman]

Hi,

Pretty new to c# / .NET - apologies in advance if this is obvious or
trivial.

I'm trying to save webpages (testcode with google.com) using the code
shown below (mostly cobbled together from various places). On the
line

strm = Client.OpenRead("http://www.google.com";);

An error is raised:

"An unhandled exception of type 'System.Net.WebException' occurred in
System.dll

Additional information: Unable to connect to the remote server"

Could anyone shine some light on why this mght be happening. I'm
working behind a corporate firewall in case that makes any
difference.

Full code:

public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            string line;
            Stream strm;
            WebClient Client;
            StreamReader sr;
            WebProxy proxy;

            proxy = new WebProxy("**.***.***.***:8080");
            proxy.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
            proxy.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(<userID>,
<myPassword>);
            GlobalProxySelection.Select = proxy;


            Client = new WebClient();
            Client.Headers.Add("user-agent", "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible;
MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.2; .NET CLR 1.0.3705;)");
            strm = Client.OpenRead("http://www.google.com";);
            sr = new StreamReader(strm);

            do
            {
                line = sr.ReadLine();
                listBox1.Items.Add(line);
            }
            while (line != null);
            strm.Close();

        }



Many thanks,

Chris