Application Hangs

[cbahr]

Hello All,

Im currently trying to figure out why my application hangs when i try to download some content from the web.

I created a sample win forms app in .net 4.5 with a simple button and text box. button click handler is below: What happens is, the application launches as expected, however, once i click on the button, the app stalls on wc.DownloadString()

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private void btnWebClient_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
     using (WebClient wc = new WebClient())
     {
          string sReturn = wc.DownloadString(URL);
          txtWebClientOut.Text = sReturn;
      }
}