Getting correct encoding from a webresponse

Jonax · December 21st, 2004, 05:37 AM

Hi guys,

I have the following code that retrieves a webpage.
My problem is getting it to use the right encoding.
I've tested it against a danish page, but it won't show the danish characters. When I set it to sniff the encoding (using

Code:

            sr = New System.IO.StreamReader(strm, True)

) it sets it to UTF8, but when I browse the page using MSIE with auto-selection of encoding, it uses Western European (and displays the danish chars correctly).

Any ideas?

The code:

Code:

            ' Create a new WebRequest Object to the mentioned URL.
            Dim myWebRequest As System.Net.WebRequest = System.Net.WebRequest.Create(txtUrl.Text)

            ' Set the 'Timeout' property in Milliseconds.
            myWebRequest.Timeout = 10000

            Dim encode As System.Text.Encoding = System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("Unicode")

            ' Assign the response object of 'WebRequest' to a 'WebResponse' variable.
            Dim myWebResponse As System.Net.WebResponse = myWebRequest.GetResponse()
            Dim strm As System.IO.Stream
            Dim sr As System.IO.StreamReader
            Dim line As String

            strm = myWebResponse.GetResponseStream()

            sr = New System.IO.StreamReader(strm, True)
            'sr = New System.IO.StreamReader(strm, encode)
            MsgBox("Encoding: " & sr.CurrentEncoding.ToString)
            txtSrc.Text = ""
            Do
                line = sr.ReadLine()
                txtSrc.Text += line
            Loop While Not line Is Nothing