Can you invoke FTP from ASP?

[BigM]

Hi

I have an ASP page which get built from reading a text file. However I need to automate the FTP of this file from a different server before it can be used.

I am OK with building a script file for automating FTP just dont know how to invoke FTP from ASP.

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[NickBulka]

you'll need a COM-compatible FTP component to do this. You can probably find one at one of the freeware/shareware repositories, or you can create your own in VB [sig]<p>nick bulka<br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href=

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[BigM]

Hi Nick....I have written some VBScript which builds and FTP script which then creates Wscript.shell object. I then use this to call FTP. This works fine as a stand alone script running locally on my PC but invoked from the ASP it causes the WebServer to overload....any ideas?

CODE...............................

Dim strFTPFile ' this contains the FTP commands

strFTPFile = &quot;Directory/Filename&quot;

Set wsh = CreateObject(&quot;Wscript.Shell&quot
wsh.Run &quot;c:\winnt\system32\ftp.exe -s:&quot;&strFTPFile&&quot; bmhp33.btm.bt.co.uk&quot;, intWindowStyle, True
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[NickBulka]

There are limitations regarding starting new processes and security from within IIS. When you're running a script from the desktop, everything is run under your login ID. When the web server is executing script, the user is the intenet user account(IUSR_machinename), which has limited permissions.

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http://www.bulka.com>

</a><br>Get your technical books at Bulka's Books<br>

http://www.vstorebooks.com/bulkasbooks

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