is DefaultCachePolicy property in WebRequest missing in VS2013 C# preview?

Question

The property is not recognized. Is this a known issue? I need to use that property. Is there anything I can do instead to set the cache policy for my outgoing requests?

Answer 1

Hello,

Thanks for your posting.

From your description, I know that you found the DefaultCachePolicy property of WebRequest was not recognized in visual studio 2013 preview.

I just tested this in Visual studio 2013 preview and it works fine on my end. Here is what I did for your reference:

1. Create a simple console application.
2. Added the following references: System.Net and System.Net.Cache.
3. Using the following namespaces and check the DefaultCachePolicy property.

                  using System.Net ;

                 using System.Net.Cache;

                 …

                 WebRequest.DefaultCachePolicy = new RequestCachePolicy();

                 …

Please try above steps and let me know if it works for you.

Hope these help.

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Answer 2

Thank you,

Your scenario for a console app works for me too, but what I didn't mention is that my project from which I'm trying to use that property is a Windows Runtime Component project. And from there, the property is still not available. Why is that?

To be more specific - I have a WinRT component from which I'm making an XDocument.Load(someUrlOverTheNet) operation. I want the request header to have NoCacheNoStore. From what I read, I need to set the WebRequest.DefaultCachePolicy property, but I can't seem to have access to it.

Answer 3

That property is not supported in WinRT.  Please refer to the documentation here.  Please post WinRT related questions in the Windows Store forums.

Michael Taylor
http://msmvps.com/blogs/p3net