Downloading files

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Shawn

Hi.
How can I download a file and store it on the web server. I have a complete
URL to the file, but I never know what kind of file it is. It can be pdf,
jpg, tif, doc, xls etc.

Thanks,
Shawn
 
do a google on contenttype, there are several code examples of file
downloads in .NET

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Maybe you misunderstood me. Or maybe I misunderstood you :-)

Anyway, what does contenttype have to do with this? I'm not talking about
forcing a download to a client. In fact, clients are not downloading these
files at all. The files are to be stored on the web server.



Shawn



Alvin Bruney - ASP.NET MVP said:
do a google on contenttype, there are several code examples of file
downloads in .NET

--
Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The Microsoft Office Web Components Black Book with .NET
Now Available @ www.lulu.com/owc
Forth-coming VSTO.NET - Wrox/Wiley 2006
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Shawn said:
Hi.
How can I download a file and store it on the web server. I have a complete
URL to the file, but I never know what kind of file it is. It can be pdf,
jpg, tif, doc, xls etc.

Thanks,
Shawn
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Hi,

Not sure System.Net.HttpWebRequest is what you are looking for.

Hi.
How can I download a file and store it on the web server. I have a complete
URL to the file, but I never know what kind of file it is. It can be pdf,
jpg, tif, doc, xls etc.

Thanks,
Shawn
 
How can I download a file and store it on the web server. I have a
complete
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I am even more confused now. If you have a path to a file, then file must
necessarily exist on server disk otherwise it is a memory mapped file and
exists in server memory. Assuming the former, do you intend to move the file
from one directory to another? Then, simply write the file to the directory
using one of the methods of the System.IO filestream class.

--
Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The Microsoft Office Web Components Black Book with .NET
Now Available @ www.lulu.com/owc
Forth-coming VSTO.NET - Wrox/Wiley 2006
-------------------------------------------------------



Shawn said:
Maybe you misunderstood me. Or maybe I misunderstood you :-)

Anyway, what does contenttype have to do with this? I'm not talking about
forcing a download to a client. In fact, clients are not downloading these
files at all. The files are to be stored on the web server.



Shawn



Alvin Bruney - ASP.NET MVP said:
do a google on contenttype, there are several code examples of file
downloads in .NET

--
Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The Microsoft Office Web Components Black Book with .NET
Now Available @ www.lulu.com/owc
Forth-coming VSTO.NET - Wrox/Wiley 2006
-------------------------------------------------------



Shawn said:
Hi.
How can I download a file and store it on the web server. I have a complete
URL to the file, but I never know what kind of file it is. It can be pdf,
jpg, tif, doc, xls etc.

Thanks,
Shawn
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I need to make a copy of a file that is stored on a remote web server and
not on my network. I have a complete URL to the file (ex:
www.microsoft.com/test/testfile.pdf, www.sun.com/file2.tif) and I need some
code that will stream down the file, regardless of the file extension, and
store it on my own web server. Hope this cleared things up.



Shawn


Alvin Bruney - ASP.NET MVP said:
How can I download a file and store it on the web server. I have a
complete
Click to expand...
I am even more confused now. If you have a path to a file, then file must
necessarily exist on server disk otherwise it is a memory mapped file and
exists in server memory. Assuming the former, do you intend to move the file
from one directory to another? Then, simply write the file to the directory
using one of the methods of the System.IO filestream class.

--
Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The Microsoft Office Web Components Black Book with .NET
Now Available @ www.lulu.com/owc
Forth-coming VSTO.NET - Wrox/Wiley 2006
-------------------------------------------------------



Shawn said:
Maybe you misunderstood me. Or maybe I misunderstood you :-)

Anyway, what does contenttype have to do with this? I'm not talking about
forcing a download to a client. In fact, clients are not downloading these
files at all. The files are to be stored on the web server.



Shawn



Alvin Bruney - ASP.NET MVP said:
do a google on contenttype, there are several code examples of file
downloads in .NET

--
Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The Microsoft Office Web Components Black Book with .NET
Now Available @ www.lulu.com/owc
Forth-coming VSTO.NET - Wrox/Wiley 2006
-------------------------------------------------------



Hi.
How can I download a file and store it on the web server. I have a
complete
URL to the file, but I never know what kind of file it is. It can
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be
pdf,
jpg, tif, doc, xls etc.

Thanks,
Shawn
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