WebClient question

[chris.dannemiller]

I have a connection through WebClient running via a thread. Then I call
a .OpenRead(). I would like the main thread to be able to cancel this
connection. How do I go about it.

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Your main thread should not cancel the connection. Rather, you should
set a flag somewhere that is checked through each iteration of your routine
which reads from the stream. If the flag is set, then you break out of the
loop.

You should also use the Stream returned from OpenRead in a using
statement, so that you get auto-dispose semantics.

Hope this helps.