FTP routines programmed by VB .net

[Dartish]

Hi all,

I need to use .net VB to achieve some FTP routines.

I need to get the list of file names from the FTP site, compare the
list of file names with the file names of my local directory and
download whatever that is not in my local directory.

I have to do this in .net (VB), which is brand new to me. Any pointers,
sample codes, website, would be extremely helpful.

Thank you very much.

Dartish

 

[Fred Hedges]

I don't think .NET has any/good support for FTP. The link below shows one
chaps attempt to do it with his own library - I suppose it might give some
pointers. The alternative is to purchase and use a commercial .NET FTP
library. Just google for "dotnet+library+ftp" and there are loads of links.

http://www.codeproject.com/dotnet/dotnetftp.asp

 

[Jim Wooley]

In .Net 2.0, there is FTP abilities built in. See the FtpWebRequest and FtpWebResponse
methods. (http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.ftpwebrequest.aspx)

It is even easier in VB using the My namespace. Just use My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile
or My.Computer.Network.UploadFile. Piece of cake.

Jim Wooley
http://devauthority.com/blogs/jwooley/default.aspx

 

[Dartish]

Thank you very much, Jim and Fred.

DL