Accessing a website using C# - windows-phone-7

Question

I'm trying to make an App for windows phone 7. This app will basiclly retrive information from a website that we use at work as our working schedule then rearrange the retrived info into a metro style UI. To be honest i don't know where to start ie. how to retrive the info. Should i use webclient class? httpwebrequest class? or something else?
All idea are appriciated
Here is a:-
Update:-
Okay either im totally stupid or there is something wrong with the code i'm writing, that i can't figure it out. I was using the same code that you wrote BUT i still get an error that a definition for Proxy is not in the System.Net.WebRequest :( This is my code (the working version):-
private void MainPage_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
if (!App.ViewModel.IsDataLoaded)
{
App.ViewModel.LoadData();
}
string url = "https://medinet.se/*****/schema/ibsef";
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
request.BeginGetResponse(new AsyncCallback(ReadWebRequestCallBack), request);
}
private void ReadWebRequestCallBack(IAsyncResult callbackResult)
{
try
{
WebRequest myRequest = (WebRequest)callbackResult.AsyncState;
WebResponse myResponse = (WebResponse)myRequest.EndGetResponse(callbackResult);
using (StreamReader httpwebStreamReader = new StreamReader(myResponse.GetResponseStream()))
{
string results = httpwebStreamReader.ReadToEnd();
Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() => parsertextBlock.Text = results);
}
myResponse.Close();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(ex.ToString());
Dispatcher.BeginInvoke(() => parsertextBlock.Text = ex.ToString());
}
}
But if i add request.Proxy=null!! i get an error, that there is no definition for Proxy in (System.Net.WebRequest). And to be honest i start getting mad of this.
Yours
/Omar

Answer 1

The process is called ScreenScrape and i recommend you to use Html Agility Pack http://htmlagilitypack.codeplex.com/ . Make a web service that retrieves the information from your website and rearranges to appropriate format. Use your web service by a phone and display your data.
Use WebRequest ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest.aspx) and WebResponse ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.webresponse(v=vs.100).aspx) .
TIP: Set the WebRequest.Proxy property ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.webrequest.proxy.aspx) to null, as i find it will be much faster.
UPDATE: More info on WebRequest Proxy property
Set Proxy = null on the WebRequest object to avoid an initial delay (that way the request won't start auto detecting proxies, which i find it's faster).
WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create("yourURL");
req.Proxy = null;
It's in the System.Net namespace so put an using statement using System.Net; or
System.Net.WebRequest req = WebRequest.Create("yourURL");
req.Proxy = null;
Regards.