upload a file using ftp

[Henk]

Hi,

I want to upload a file using ftp from within a VB.NET program.

How can I do this?

 

[Don Delegate]

With the FtpWebRequest and FtpWebResponse classes?

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Private[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Sub[/COLOR] Upload([COLOR=blue]ByVal[/COLOR] source [COLOR=blue]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]String[/COLOR], [COLOR=blue]ByVal[/COLOR] target [COLOR=blue]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]String[/COLOR], _
[COLOR=blue]ByVal[/COLOR] credential [COLOR=blue]As[/COLOR] NetworkCredential)
[COLOR=blue]  Dim[/COLOR] request [COLOR=blue]As[/COLOR] FtpWebRequest = _
        [COLOR=blue]DirectCast[/COLOR](WebRequest.Create(target), FtpWebRequest)
    request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.UploadFile
    request.Credentials = credential
    [COLOR=blue]Dim[/COLOR] reader [COLOR=blue]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]New[/COLOR] FileStream(source, FileMode.Open)
    [COLOR=blue]Dim[/COLOR] buffer(Convert.ToInt32(reader.Length - 1)) [COLOR=blue]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Byte[/COLOR]
    reader.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)
    reader.Close()
    request.ContentLength = buffer.Length
    [COLOR=blue]Dim[/COLOR] stream [COLOR=blue]As[/COLOR] Stream = request.GetRequestStream
    stream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)
    stream.Close()
    [COLOR=blue]Dim[/COLOR] response [COLOR=blue]As[/COLOR] FtpWebResponse = [COLOR=blue]DirectCast[/COLOR](request.GetResponse, FtpWebResponse)
    MessageBox.Show(response.StatusDescription, [COLOR=maroon]"File Uploaded"[/COLOR])
    response.Close()
[COLOR=blue]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]Sub[/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR]

and call with something like:

[COLOR=black][FONT=Verdana][COLOR=blue]Dim[/COLOR] credential [COLOR=blue]As[/COLOR] [COLOR=blue]New[/COLOR] NetworkCredential([COLOR=maroon]"username"[/COLOR], [COLOR=maroon]"password"[/COLOR])
Upload([COLOR=maroon]"test.zip"[/COLOR], [COLOR=maroon]"ftp://myftp.net/test.zip"[/COLOR], credential)[/FONT][/COLOR]

 

[Henk]

don't have

I don't have the ftpwebrequest class??

Do you need visual studio 2005 for that?

 

[Don Delegate]

Note: This class is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

For older versions see KB832679 and KB812404
Or use a FTP component like those found in Indy Sockets (Free, but with a learning curve) or any other FTP component library of your choice.

 

[Henk]

install...

Hi,

I just installed .Net framework 2 + the SDK but I still don't have
the ftpwebrequest class.

Do I need to remove the framework 1.1 first?
Do I need to install visual studio 2005? I have 2003...

Do I need to install something else???

 

[Don Delegate]

VS 2003 doesn't do .NET 2.0 and uses the .NET 1.1 framework.
You could write the code without IDE and compile against the .NET 2.0 framework, or use VS2005.
The links in my previous post work for .NET 1.1 and with VS2003 though.