Using Proxy With WebClient In VB.NET

Here is a snippet to use WebProxy. This is useful for scraping or other webrequest activities.

Dim webclient As New System.Net.WebClient  
       Try  
        'true for bypassOnLocal  
        webclient .Proxy =   
             New System.Net.WebProxy("180.95.129.232:80",true)  
        wc.OpenRead("http://yoursite.com")  
        lblStatus.Text = "ok"   
       Catch  
        lblStatus.Text = "error proxy"  
      End Try