Connect to FTP Server??

[Malle]

Hi!
For my Programm i need to know how i connect to a FTP Server and how i create,copy and change files.

How i do that?

Any help?

Greetz Malle

[kleinma]

are you using .NET 2.0? it has some built in FTP classes. If you are using .NET 1.1 then you will have to implement your own.

[Malle]

im using 2.0....and how i do that?

[kleinma]

look into the FTPWebRequest class

Here is the MSDN documentation
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ebrequest.aspx

[Malle]

but i cant find there a command to connect....help?

[Atheist]

but i cant find there a command to connect....help?

What do you mean by connect? As the name File Transfer Protocol implies, you can upload/download files from an FTP server (and of course delete files and stuff)..I dont really see what you mean by connect.

[Malle]

i want connect to my FTP server from my website...
Username,Passwort

[kleinma]

the FTPWebRequest has a credentials property, you can specify credential information there.

[Malle]

the property of hte class?

[kleinma]

you might be better off using a webclient. Depends on what you are really looking to do here.

Here is example code to download a file from an FTP site, and specify and ID/Password.

You should be able to use this as a model to figure out the rest

Using WC As New Net.WebClient
            WC.Credentials = New Net.NetworkCredential("USERID", "PASSWORD")
            WC.DownloadFile("ftp://ftp.somesite.com/somefile.txt", Application.StartupPath & "\somefile.txt")
        End Using

[Malle]

ENDIT:
Thanks for help

[Atheist]

You have to put it inside a method or subroutine. And also you should always tell what error you are getting

Private Sub HeyHey()
Using WC As New Net.WebClient
            WC.Credentials = New Net.NetworkCredential("USERID", "PASSWORD")
            WC.DownloadFile("ftp://ftp.somesite.com/somefile.txt", Application.StartupPath & "\somefile.txt")
        End Using
End Sub

Edit: Please dont remove your old text when editing your post like that, it makes me and kleinma look like fools now

[kleinma]

what errors did it give you?

I sure hope you substituted "USERID", "PASSWORD", and "ftp://ftp.somesite.com/somefile.txt" with REAL values, and not the dummies ones that they are.

[Malle]

ok i want open a text file....the text in it ....its shoul be in Label4....how i do that?
Ive tryed:

Me.Label4.Text = WC.OpenRead("ADRESS_TO_MY_SERVER/text.txt")

ERROR


HELP?

[Atheist]

I would ask what the error is, as thats a good thing to know..but theres no need for it this time. The OpenRead function doesnt return a string, it returns a stream. You will have to use a streamreader to read it. Like this:

Dim sr As New IO.StreamReader(WC.OpenRead(ADRESS))
            Label1.Text = sr.ReadToEnd
            sr.Close()

[Malle]

does this doesnt work in debug mode?becuase it show me nothing...only Label4 or is it becuase i can only type the ip?

[Atheist]

what do you mean by 'shows you nothing?'
Could you show the piece of code you are using, the entire sub.

[kleinma]

does this doesnt work in debug mode?becuase it show me nothing...only Label4 or is it becuase i can only type the ip?

Sometimes the quality of the answers you get is directly related to the quality of how the question is asked.

You need to be more complete with your questions and give as much information that is relevant to the question as possible.

Otherwise it just looks like you aren't giving any effort and want everything layed out for you, which can turn members off from wanting to help

[Malle]

sry my english is not the best ^^
I)f i clock on Star Debugging ....Does FTP works in this mode?
I mean : Can i connect to a FTP Server in this mode?

Here is the Code

Imports System
Imports System.Net
Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
 
 
    Private Sub Form_show()
 
        Using WC As New Net.WebClient
            WC.Credentials = New Net.NetworkCredential("Username", "password")
            Dim sr As New IO.StreamReader(WC.OpenRead("ftp://213.203.202.153/html/test/prog/name.txt"))
            Me.Label4.Text = sr.ReadToEnd
            sr.Close()
        End Using
        
    End Sub
 
 
End Class

[Atheist]

Yeah it works in debug mode.
Are you calling that sub from somewhere? Since I dont see any handle clauses, I suppose its not triggered by the Form_Show event.

[Malle]

eh....what u mean?

[kleinma]

he means that this code will never actually run

Private Sub Form_show()
 
        Using WC As New Net.WebClient
            WC.Credentials = New Net.NetworkCredential("Username", "password")
            Dim sr As New IO.StreamReader(WC.OpenRead("ftp://213.203.202.153/html/test/prog/name.txt"))
            Me.Label4.Text = sr.ReadToEnd
            sr.Close()
        End Using
        
    End Sub

unless its being specifically called somewhere...

[Malle]

what must i do?

[Atheist]

Call it
whenever you want to run the code you call the sub by simply writing the name of the sub (and eventually some parameters). For example, double-click your form, this will bring you to the "form load" subroutine, type form_show there and voila, it will run that sub on form load.

[Malle]

Thanks it Works!

Great^^

[Malle]

but how do i create a file?