title: Making a HTTP Web Request - asp.net
body: <p>I want to make a http request to a web server - the link I want to activate is </p>
  
  <pre><code>http://webserver/cgi-bin/fccgi.exe?w3exec=web.programname&amp;w3serverpool=fcserverpool&amp;optid=headline
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It can't be a hyperlink as I don't want the page to go anywhere just make that request to that server/</p>
  
  <p>Is this done through httpwebrequest? ...anyone know of a good example in asp.net (vb)</p>
  
  <p>Thanks,</p>