Missing __VIEWSTATE

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I'm trying to automate response to an external website.
The login page does not provide the __VIEWSTATE information.
When I use WebBrowser I can automate the login but my real aim is to
use HttpWebRequest. I created a test form and my code is working fine
but with that external page it fails as there is no __VIEWSTATE.
Adding blank __VIEWSTATE does not help.


How is it possible that WebBrowser can cope with such page but
HttpWebRequest is failing?

MH
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