Hello,

The HResult code in an IOException is a Protected member.  How on Earth am I
supposed to read the HResult if it is protected?

My program needs to determine the exact cause of any IOException that occurs
in the WebRequest class.  How can I do this if I can't access the HResult
field because it is protected?

I understand that I could read the field in a derived class, but the
WebRequest class is not going to throw my derived exception, it's going to
throw one of the built-in exceptions.

This is very frustrating.

Thank you very much,
Rich S.