Bug or not? WebViewProxy() must be called in the same procedure to work

[Kukulkan]

It took me a while to find out, why my application is not working with a proxy. I finally found, that WebViewProxy() must be called in the same procedure than the webview is created. Otherwise, it will not work.

If this is a bug => needs to be fixed

If this is a feature => needs to be in documentation to avoid confusion

Working:

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OpenWindow(0, 100, 100, 700, 500, "Hello", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_Invisible)

WebViewProxy("http://proxy.mycompany.com", 3128)

WebViewGadget(0, 0, 0, 700, 500)
SetGadgetText(0, "https://www.google.com")

; Show the window once the webview has been fully loaded
HideWindow(0, #False)

Repeat 
  Event = WaitWindowEvent()
Until Event = #PB_Event_CloseWindow

Not working:

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Procedure setProxy()
  WebViewProxy("http://proxy.mycompany.com", 3128)
EndProcedure

OpenWindow(0, 100, 100, 700, 500, "Hello", #PB_Window_SystemMenu | #PB_Window_Invisible)

WebViewGadget(0, 0, 0, 700, 500)
SetGadgetText(0, "https://www.google.com")

; Show the window once the webview has been fully loaded
HideWindow(0, #False)

Repeat 
  Event = WaitWindowEvent()
Until Event = #PB_Event_CloseWindow

I tested this behavior with PB 6.21 on Windows (x86-32) and MacOS (arm64).

Test hint: Add

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127.0.0.1                www.google.com

to your hosts file in order to validate if the proxy is used or not.

[Fred]

TBH, I didn't expected that, but looking at the code I can't see something relevant to procedure scope here. The fact it happens on OSX and Windows is wierd as the codebase is completely different..