Re: HttpWebRequest Not Supporting Frames (example included)

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From: Jon Skeet [C# MVP] (skeet_at_pobox.com)
Date: 03/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:52:34 -0000

Chris Crabtree <lachoneous@hotmail.com> wrote:
> So I ran into this problem today with HttpWebRequest and a website
> using framesets. I get the response "This page uses frames, but your
> browser does not support them."

That's not because the site actually thinks the browser doesn't support
frames - it's because a user would only see that text if their browser
had ignored the framesets contained within the HTML.

HttpWebRequest doesn't and shouldn't need to have any explicit support
for frames. 

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