Integrating IIS and FTP using CSharp - help

[Jacob Sandlers]

Hi,

A friend suggested I can do the following using a c-sharp program. Can
someone recommend how?

My goal is to allow our clients to upload large files to our network. I
am trying to setup MS FTP server on one of our machines. Is there any
way I can map a drive (or something else) from IIS to FTP server? Do I
have to write any program/script? I have some familiarity with ASP
scripting.

I don't want clients to use FTP as the ports are blocked.

Thanks.

 

[Jacob Sandlers]

IIS is a server, not a protocol. And there's nothing in your question
that seems to actually be specific to C#.

As far as the specific question: most FTP clients support using a
specific port rather than the default, and if you don't already have an
HTTP server on port 80, you could just run your FTP server on port 80.

Alternatively, you could just allow file uploads over HTTP. There are a
number of choices here, which you can learn more about with Google.
Here's the first hit I got:
http://www.websupergoo.com/file-upload-1.htm

If you still think there's something C#-specific about your question, I
recommend you ask the friend that suggested C# to explain to you why
they suggested C#. What is it about C# that they believe directly
addresses your question? Is it that you can write ASP.NET applications
using C#? If so, you will probably want to ask your question in the
ASP.NET-specific newsgroup (where you'll still in any case want to be
more specific than you have here).

Pete

Pete,

Thanks for a prompt response. You are right, this is not a C# specific
question. However, the person whom I referred earlier told me I can
write a program in C#.

In any case, I just found a third-party software that can do this
without writing any code and best of all it is free.

Thanks again.
Jacob.

 

[Jacob Sandlers]

I realize this is off-topic, but this question has so many problems that I
can't help but address it.

This "MS FTP server" your refer to actually is IIS. Microsoft doesn't make a
standalone FTP product; it's functionality that is included in IIS.
Therefore there can be no "mapping between IIS and FTP"; they are one and
the same.


This was the one part of your question that might have made it on-topic,
except for that fact that I don't think anyone understood what you were
hoping to write a program/script FOR!

Jeff,

Thanks for your response. Actually, every technologies/method I used
earlier was a variable - meaning I did not have to use them and could be
replaced by any other method/technology as long as my end goal was met:
Having clients upload a file to a machine in our office using a web browser.

I was researching different options on how to accomplish this goal.
Someone told me that I will have a to write a program in ASP or ASP.NET
that can do it. This is why I posted this message. I apologize for the
confusion it created.

I found a nice solution (synaman) and it appears that this tool is a
good fit for what we are trying to do without writing any custom code.


Jacob.