The Smart client totally fails to load when I'm using the .NET WebClient in the UserControl load function

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1

I have the following code in the load function:

if (updCheck.NewUpdateReleased(_VER))
            {
                updateBtn.Enabled = true;
            }
 
     ...
 
 
        public bool NewUpdateReleased(float currentVer)
        {
            using (WebClient webClient = new WebClient())
            {
                var ver = float.Parse(webClient.DownloadString(new Uri("verysecret")));
                if (ver > currentVer)
                    return true;
            }
 
            return false;
        }

There’s no exception getting thrown or anything, everything just stops there. The only tab that’s getting loaded is the plugin tab, I.E. the Live and Playback tabs are gone.

2

The problem was on my end, the string I read with the WebClient was in the wrong input format but no exception was thrown. (It was 1.0 but should be 1,0)