Sending Text Files To A Hosting Center

[westknight3]

Hello, I've stumbled across a problem which I don't know how to solve so I would like to ask for others help .

In my Visual Basic 2010 project, I want to send a series of plain .txt files to somewhat of a database where they can be stored. The best way I can describe it is like an email system with attachments. The information that is being sent is not sensitive information therefore security doesn't matter, I would like to receive it and add it into a database. Is there any place where I can send these text files to in an email(attachment) like fashion but without needing to enter credentials first? If so, could you please assist me or guide me in the right direction?

Sending the information through email would be swell, however this would require the user to first submit their email information which defeats the purpose of the what I'm trying to do.

Thanks for any help that I may receive, it is very much appreciated!

[ForumAccount]

If you are talking about sending files to a remote location, with WinForms, then you will probably be looking at web services:

1. Will you have control over the client side?
2. Will you have control over the sever side?
3. Do you know how web services work?
4. Have you ever created a web service?
5. Do you know how to setup IIS 7.5 on your computer?

[westknight3]

I'm not sure if that's what I want, I researched it a little on the internet and it seems like it is only for use on ASP websites. I want to transfer some text files through a Windows Application, am I able to do this using IIS?

[ForumAccount]

With web services, yes, you can do this with a Windows Forms application. I have some applications that do this.

[westknight3]

Cool, thank you . I wont ask you how to do it directly because I'm sure it would be a lengthly explanation however, could you link me to another resource where I might learn how? I've never user any web services before so the simpler it is the better . Thank you very much ForumAccount