read and write file

[Yahya]

Dear Sirs,

I would like to copy a file from an http (http://...x.doc) address to a
local address (c:\x.doc). How can I do this?

Regards,
Yahya

 

[Morten Wennevik]

Hi Yahya,

The simplest way is using WebClient.DownloadFile

WebClient wc = new WebClient();
wc.DownloadFile("http://...x.doc", "c:\\x.doc");

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

I tried it and I am receiving the attached error. Why could this be
happening?

The file you attempt to download is password protected. The code below will
show you how to pass credentials in a web request:

\\\
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
..
..
..
Dim wrq As WebRequest = _
WebRequest.Create("https://example.org/shop/order.jsp")
wrq.Credentials = New NetworkCredential("username", "password")
Dim wrp As WebResponse = wrq.GetResponse()
Dim sr As New StreamReader(wrp.GetResponseStream())
MessageBox.Show(sr.ReadToEnd())
sr.Close()
wrp.Close()
///

Replace the URL, "username" and "password" with appropriate values.