Author: felipe_gdr | Posted on: 7/28/2009 6:30:28 AM | Views : 987

Hi!


I'm trying to implement a custom Rss feed reader using vb.net. I'm working with Visual Web Developer and the built-in server ASP.NET Development Server.
This is the code I use to read the file: Dim reader As XmlTextReader = New XmlTextReader(_UrlAddress) While reader.ReadToFollowing(_ItemDiscriminator) ...

I've tested with a local xml first and it works fine. However, when I put the address of a xml file based on the web, like http://www.w3schools.com/xml/note.xml for example, I get the following error:
A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond
I have absolutely no idea why this comes up. Maybe I need to change something on the server to allow the access of remote resources, but this is just a g ...

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