Hi,

Hmm. So was the error coming from the server because the UserAgent info was missing? If so I wonder why the code worked on my machine without it. Oh well...
Viv

>Hey Viv,
>I already posted my solution. I didn't include the user agent header.
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>C# version works for me:
>>

>>System.Net.WebClient webClient = new System.Net.WebClient();
>>string value  = new System.Text.UTF8Encoding().GetString(webClient.DownloadData("http://whatismyip.org/"));
>>

>>What error were you getting?
>>Best,
>>Viv
>>
>>
>>>I think I am trying too hard, but I just can't figure this out and am hoping somebody can point me in the right direction.
>>>
>>>I am trying to obtain the ip address displayed on http://whatismyip.org/ into my application. I found this snippet on the internet:
>>>
>>>

>>>Dim value As String
>>>Dim webClient As New System.Net.WebClient
>>>
>>>value = New System.Text.UTF8Encoding().GetString(webClient.DownloadData("http://whatismyip.org/"))
>>>

>>>
>>>but I am getting an error. Is there an easier way to do this? There is no HTML - the source is just the ip address.