FTP from VB.Net 2

[Fig000]

Hi,

I would like to ftp a file from inside a vb.net program. I've looked on the web but have seen mostly reccommendations for third party components. I've sent e-mails from vb.net (in an asp.net applicaitons) so I figure there should be something similar (an ftp object for istance) that is already part of vb.net.

Does anyone have any suggestions/code.

Neil

 

[sunaj]

Hi,
you can use the wininet API:

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Private Declare Function InternetCloseHandle Lib "wininet.dll" (ByVal HINet As Integer) As Integer
Private Declare Function InternetOpen Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "InternetOpenA" (ByVal sAgent As String, ByVal lAccessType As Integer, ByVal sProxyName As String, ByVal sProxyBypass As String, ByVal lFlags As Integer) As Integer
Private Declare Function InternetConnect Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "InternetConnectA" (ByVal hInternetSession As Integer, ByVal sServerName As String, ByVal nServerPort As Integer, ByVal sUsername As String, ByVal sPassword As String, ByVal lService As Integer, ByVal lFlags As Integer, ByVal lContext As Integer) As Integer
Private Declare Function FtpGetFile Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "FtpGetFileA" (ByVal hFtpSession As Integer, ByVal lpszRemoteFile As String, ByVal lpszNewFile As String, ByVal fFailIfExists As Boolean, ByVal dwFlagsAndAttributes As Integer, ByVal dwFlags As Integer, ByVal dwContext As Integer) As Boolean
Private Declare Function FtpPutFile Lib "wininet.dll" Alias "FtpPutFileA" (ByVal hFtpSession As Integer, ByVal lpszLocalFile As String, ByVal lpszRemoteFile As String, ByVal dwFlags As Integer, ByVal dwContext As Integer) As Boolean
...
Dim INet, INetConn As integer
Dim RC As Boolean
INet = InternetOpen("MyFTP Control", 1, vbNullString, vbNullString, 0)
INetConn = InternetConnect(INet, "

http://www.yoursite.com",

0, "yourlogin", "yourpassword", 1, 0, 0)
RC = FtpGetFile(INetConn, "/folder/subfolder/name.ext", "c:\tmp\downloaded.ext", true, 1, 0, 0)
If RC Then MessageBox.show( "Transfer succesfull!&quot
InternetCloseHandle INetConn
InternetCloseHandle INet
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Sunaj
'The gap between theory and practice is not as wide in theory as it is in practice'

 

[RealQuiet]

You can also use the System.Net namespace.
This guy has done a fairly elaborate ftp client with VB.Net, so you may get some ideas here.

http://www.freevbcode.com/ShowCode.Asp?ID=4655

 

[Fig000]

Everyone has given me excellent help with the FTP problem. However I wonder why people tend to shy away from the simple solutions such as hte one the sunaj posted. I used this and was on my way in a few minutes.
I understand this is not a full gui solution but is perfect for ftping something from inside a program.

Thanks sunaj. You saved me days.

Neil

 

[younguser]

Download samples 101 from microsoft. There is a sample to send data.