HttpWebRequest timeout not working

Question

The following code:

                    HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(sRequest); // Create(sQuery);
                    request.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;
                    request.Timeout = 10000;
                    request.ReadWriteTimeout = 10000;


                    // Get the response.
                    Console.WriteLine("Away we go "+ sRequest );
                    HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse();
                    Console.WriteLine("We are back");

hangs on the request.GetResponse(); When I disconnect the server. It never returns. It should return.
Running on Windows 10 using Visual Studio 2013

Please advise

Answer 1

It won't return, if the resource is not returned within the time-out period, it will throw an exception of type WebException with the Status property set to WebExceptionStatus.Timeout.

Answer 2

so..... It has to be wrapped in a try - catch structure?
Boyd