Downloading files

[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

 

[Alvin Bruney - ASP.NET MVP]

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

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[Shawn]

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

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 be pdf,
jpg, tif, doc, xls etc.

Thanks,
Shawn

 

[Siva M]

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

 

[Alvin Bruney - ASP.NET MVP]

How can I download a file and store it on the web server. I have a

complete

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
-------------------------------------------------------

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

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 be pdf,
jpg, tif, doc, xls etc.

Thanks,
Shawn

 

[Shawn]

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

How can I download a file and store it on the web server. I have a
complete

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
-------------------------------------------------------

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

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

be
pdf,

jpg, tif, doc, xls etc.

Thanks,
Shawn

 

[Shawn]

This is what I was looking for:

Dim myWebClient As New System.Net.WebClient
Try
myWebClient.DownloadFile("http://www.somesite.com/somefile.pdf",
Server.MapPath("file.pdf"))
Catch ex As Exception
Response.Write(ex.Message)
End Try

Shawn

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

How can I download a file and store it on the web server. I have a
complete
URL to the file

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
-------------------------------------------------------

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" <www.lulu.com/owc> wrote in message
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 be
pdf,
jpg, tif, doc, xls etc.

Thanks,
Shawn