Can I do this for local files?

What happens when you do this:

Code:

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Winsock1.SendData "GET /lanmannt.bmp" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf

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Does it have to be a file on a Web server only? Can I do this with a local file on my disk? I guess I can't because what you send is ultimately a regexp command in a string, and when it is recieved, the server executes the command. Its not the file being sent. And so when I send something like, say:

Code:

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Winsock1.SendData "GET  C:/lanmannt.bmp" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf

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it won't work. Am I right?

The result depends on:

- what port you have connected to
- what service is in the port (if any)
- how well coded the service is
- do you use proper protocol format (the data you send and how you handle the received data)


So generally my answer to your question is no. Most often FTP / HTTP servers have a defined home path and it is against the both HyperText Transfer Protocol and File Transfer Protocol to use Windows style drive definitions.