main.vb

Imports worker Imports worker.functions

Module main

Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

End Sub

End Module

Opening URL for request

A collegue required me to run a sheduled task on a our company IIS webserver to
open an URL which sends emails to our customers.

I googled and most solutions where created using MSDOS batch or VBScript.
The problem is that it is harder to control the page (close) after the request has been done and the page will show on desktop...

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;

using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace openurl
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {

            foreach (string s in args)
            {

                Match m = Regex.Match(s, @"^(https?:\/\/)?([\da-z\.-]+)\.([a-z\.]{2,6})([\/\w \.-]*)*\/?$");

                if (m.Success)
                {

                    try
                    {

                    Console.WriteLine("Opening " + s);

                    WebRequest rq = WebRequest.Create(s);
                    WebResponse rs = rq.GetResponse();

                    rq = null;
                    rs = null;

                    }
                    catch (Exception ex)
                    {

                        Console.WriteLine(ex.Message);
                        Console.ReadLine();

                    }

                }
                else
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(s + "is not a valid URL");
                    Console.ReadLine();
                }

            }

        }
    }
}

+++ download project +++

* credit for regex goes to net.tutsplus.com

Pi (not for eating)

I'm very interested in the Raspberry Pi, are you?

Official site: http://www.raspberrypi.org/
Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raspberry_Pi

Preferred casing: http://pibow.com/

Raspbmc: http://www.raspbmc.com/

Doing some research, check back here for updates...or follow me on twitter @criticalstanny

Hello world, again...

Yes, it seems I've finally made it "back" to Blogger....
Hopefully I can share something useful with you here.

This blog will go from daily IT concerns to unearthly heavy computerized code.
At first it will look a bit empty and dull but don't worry, I'm looking into adding some
furniture, cookies, rainbows and other exciting stuff!

So.... Internet, beware!