How can I 'read'/'write' a file with a url address?

[Trint Smith]

Is there anything like this that will allow a url address instread of a
drive letter?:

Dim fw As StreamWriter
fw = New StreamWriter("D:\file.txt", True)
fw.WriteLine(ex)
fw.Close()

The reason I need to do this is it has to be done on the web server.
Thanks,
Trint

.Net programmer
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[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Is there anything like this that will allow a url address instread of a
drive letter?:

Dim fw As StreamWriter
fw = New StreamWriter("D:\file.txt", True)
fw.WriteLine(ex)
fw.Close()

The reason I need to do this is it has to be done on the web server.

Why not download the file, modify it, and then upload it again?

 

[Tom Spink]

Not really, as the URI will most likely specify an HTTP protocol, which only
allows uploading of data through a POST method, and hence there's no way to
write a file. There is a way to read from a URI, however, and I'm sure it's
along the same lines as what you're doing there.

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[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Trint,
You can use a StreamWriter to indirectly write to a URL.

The easiest way is to use WebClient.OpenWrite to get a writable Stream, that
you then pass to the StreamWriter class...

Something like (syntax checked only):

Imports System.Net
Imports System.IO

Dim url As String
Dim client As New WebClient()
Dim stream As Stream = client.OpenWrite(url)
Dim writer As New StreamWriter(stream)

A more complicated way is to use a WebRequest & WebResponse, however the
WebClient hides most of the details of the WebRequest & WebResponse classes.

Hope this helps
Jay