[IronPython] Silverlight and Catching HttpWebRequest Errors

[Michael Foord]

Jimmy Schementi wrote:
>>>> def download(url):
>>>>     request = HtmlPage.Window.CreateInstance("XMLHttpRequest")
>>>>     request.Invoke("open", "GET", url, false) # false means
>>>>         
>> synchronous
>>     
>>>>     request.Invoke("send", "")
>>>>     return request.GetProperty("responseText")
>>>>
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> Is that cross-browser?
>>>
>>>       
>> Well, it works on Firefox. Cool.
>>
>> Michael
>>
>>     
>
> Works in IE7-8 as well. There's of course cases while using XMLHttpRequest where you have to do browser-specific things, but this little chunk of code will work cross-browser
>   

Unfortunately my use case is for doing a cross-domain POST, so 
XMLHttpRequest doesn't work at all. I'll try and get HttpBrowserRequest 
working.

Michael
http://www.ironpythoninaction.com/

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