Using Streamreader with files in servers

[Ismaelf]

hello!, is there any way that streamreader can be used to read a file
published in a web server, ex: "http://localhost/text.txt"
or is there any other way of reading such file??, thanks!

 

[Michel Posseth [MCP]]

No not with a stream reader , however you could just use a webclient to
retrieve anny file that is server by a webserver
the only thing you need is the web location

regards

Michel Posseth [MCP]

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

hello!, is there any way that streamreader can be used to read a file
published in a web server, ex: "http://localhost/text.txt"
or is there any other way of reading such file??

<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/code/net/#InternetLoadFile>

 

[Ismaelf]

ohh thanks alot, this really helped!

 

[Cor Ligthert [MVP]]

IsMaelf,

In my opinion is the most way to use the
webclient.downloadfile

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms144194.aspx

I hope this helps,

Cor

 

[Liz]

<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/code/net/#InternetLoadFile>

The code at that URL:

Public Function LoadTextFile(ByVal Url As String) As String
Dim Request As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(Url)
Dim Response As WebResponse = Request.GetResponse()
Dim Reader As New StreamReader(Response.GetResponseStream())
LoadTextFile = Reader.ReadToEnd()
Reader.Close()
Response.Close()
Return LoadTextFile
End Function

works for me .... BUT it's really kind of slow (maybe 5-7 seconds to
retrieve a small file (<1K)) .... whereas retrieving it in the browser is
instantaneous ... I've had this problem before in using WebRequest ... are
there any general suggestions for getting reasonable performance ? things I
should be looking at ?

TIA

L