[Grub-dev] how do i enter the proxy information in the c# client for windows?

[Balinny]

Bartek Jasicki wrote:
> 2008-08-12, 19:00:06
> ab <spam at abittner.de> wrote:
>   
>> hi there,
>>
>> the current c# client for windows
>> grubng-0.7.5.exe allows for entering a http proxy, or making use of
>> the system proxy.
>>
>> both settings dont work for me. the mono.exe (grub) process always 
>> connects directly to the inet.
>>
>>
>> the system settings (windows registry? probably internet-explorer 
>> settings) dont get used, and it would also seem nice to make use of 
>> firefox/mozilla settings if available on the target windows system.
>>
>> anyways, in the manual proxy field i tried to enter ip-addresses or 
>> hostnames, and they get blocked by the application itself already,
>> and then i tried to enter something like
>> "http://proxy.hostname.local" and the port, or even
>> "http://proxy.local:8080/" and without additional ports, and these
>> url-types get accepted but still dont get used to connect and crawl
>> the net.
>>
>> what is the syntax for the manual proxy field, and how is this
>> supposed to work? maybe some environment variables such as http_proxy
>> with linux/un*x would be also a good source for proxy information.
>>
>> thanks for any hints.
>>     
>
> Hi
>
> C# client use proxy only for upload compressed .arc files on server,
> not for crawl or download workunit (to avoid problems with proxy
> cache). Even if you have set it. Did you have problem with connect to
> upload server by proxy too?
>   
The C client honors the http_proxy environment variable (no matter if 
it's on Windows or Linux) both for crawl and upload.
However, it's not a commonly used feature, so it's not too tested. If 
you find any issue with it, please tell me.