Check Web Connection

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        // Checks access to a web connection by looking for a file on the web server.
// Changing the text in that file allows manually turning off merge synchronization remotely.

    Public Function CheckWebConnection() As Boolean
        Dim URL As String = "https://data.anonymous.com/publication/index.htm"
        Dim rString As String = ""
        'Address of URL'
        If My.Settings.Online = False Then
            Return False
        End If

        Try
            'Get HTML data'
            Dim request As HttpWebRequest = WebRequest.Create(URL)
            request.Credentials = New NetworkCredential("WebUSerName", "WebUserPass")
            If My.Settings.HasProxy Then
                Dim ProxyCreds As New NetworkCredential(My.Settings.ProxyUsername, My.Settings.ProxyPassword)
                Dim prxy As New WebProxy(My.Settings.ProxyAddress & ":" & My.Settings.ProxyPort)
                prxy.Credentials = ProxyCreds
                'Get HTML data'
                request.Proxy = prxy
            End If

            Dim response As HttpWebResponse = request.GetResponse()
            Dim reader As StreamReader = New StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream())

            Dim str As String = reader.ReadLine()
            rString = rString & str
            If rString = "Success" Then
                Return True
            Else
                Return False
            End If
        Catch ex As Exception
            ThrowError(ex)
            Return False
        End Try
    End Function

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• Checking
• connection
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• web