Making a simple FTP client

[Kasracer]

Well I know C++ (not entirely, but eh) and I know VB>NET (again, not entirely, but a good chunk of it).

Well my friend wants me to make a simple FTP client so he can upload stuff to and download stuff from his FTP server. I never used C# before, but he wants it in C# or VB.NET. I'd rather do it in C# since it may be a slight bit faster and I can learn a new language while I'm at it.

So basically, does anyone have links, examples, ect.. on FTP client/server interaction?

With the .NET functions, I really can't see this being too large of a project (maybe only a few lines of code).

[Memnoch1207]

Here's a start.

[hellswraith]

Originally posted by kasracer
Well I know C++ (not entirely, but eh) and I know VB>NET (again, not entirely, but a good chunk of it).

Well my friend wants me to make a simple FTP client so he can upload stuff to and download stuff from his FTP server. I never used C# before, but he wants it in C# or VB.NET. I'd rather do it in C# since it may be a slight bit faster and I can learn a new language while I'm at it.

So basically, does anyone have links, examples, ect.. on FTP client/server interaction?

With the .NET functions, I really can't see this being too large of a project (maybe only a few lines of code).

Tell him to use the built in functionality of IE. So many people overlook the fact that IE supports basic FTP stuff.

Go to the ftp location, click File->Logon as... and fill out the info. Bam, you have an FTP browser. You can drag and drop files, etc.

[Kasracer]

Originally posted by hellswraith
Tell him to use the built in functionality of IE. So many people overlook the fact that IE supports basic FTP stuff.

Go to the ftp location, click File->Logon as... and fill out the info. Bam, you have an FTP browser. You can drag and drop files, etc.

No thanks. This requires alot more activity than a basic FTP login. Besides, I'm pretty sure IE doesn't have support for sFTP, which is what I want to use.

[hellswraith]

Originally posted by kasracer
No thanks. This requires alot more activity than a basic FTP login. Besides, I'm pretty sure IE doesn't have support for sFTP, which is what I want to use.

Ok, you should have said that in the beginning, you started off by saying:

Well my friend wants me to make a simple FTP client so he can upload stuff to and download stuff from his FTP server.

which is why I recommended just to use IE.