Sending files over http

[iamhere]

ive created a web server as my major software project but now need to know how to transfer files. any help would be greatly appreciated.

[dglienna]

Welcome to the forums!

Here is one method:

http://vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=337424

[iamhere]

i need from the server side for images etc.

[visualAd]

Can you explain what you mean? Do you want your web server to be able to take HTTP file uploads? - this is something which server side scripts usually do, not web servers.

However, you could use the WebDav HTTP extensions.

[iamhere]

no, at the moment my server can handle html text but i want it to be able to send images as well to the browser.

[DataHunter2009]

You need to use HTTP content headers. For instance, a html page has a content header that looks like:

Content-type: text/html

For an image, you would use:

Content-type: image/gif

You could replace GIF with the other images formats, of course. I am also making a web server. But mine doesn't use headers either. I'm currently trying to implement sending content headers. Once I get it working, I'll show it to you.