Re: Creating a File Depot

From: Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD] (Steve_at_Orr.net)
Date: 02/05/04 

Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 13:05:30 -0800

In short, you can use the file upload control on your toolbar, or type it
into the HTML manually.
<input type=file id=myFile runat=server />
This allows the user to upload files to your site. You can then use the
server side events of this control to save the file wherever you'd like on
your server hard drive or in a database.
Then you could use Response.Writefile to send the file back out again.
Here's more info:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpref/html/frlrfsystemwebhttpresponseclasswritefiletopic.asp

Here's a couple good tutorials on the subject for you:
http://www.aspnetpro.com/features/2003/07/asp200307so_f/asp200307so_f.asp
http://aspalliance.com/das/tutorial/fileupload.aspx 

-- 
I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD, MVP
http://Steve.Orr.net
"Jerry Camel" <rlrcstr@msn.com> wrote in message
news:exAuDmC7DHA.2480@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I'm trying to create a file depot that will hold files for 24 hours and
then
> kill them.  Basically a temporary place for people to post something that
> will automatically notify the person that it's posted for.  Although I'm
new
> to ASP and HTML, I've got quite a bit of development experience.  If this
> wasn't web based it'd be a peice of cake...  But I'm not sure how to do a
> couple of things through the web...
>
> I figure I'll write a service that will clean up the files - easy.  User's
> will login and be presented with a list of files waiting for them. -
Mostly
> done.
>
> Users can transfer files to the server - How? How do I have a user select
a
> local file and have it copied to a pre-determined place on the server?
Then
> I need to accomplish the opposite:  Have them select a file waiting for
them
> and have it copied to a specified location on their drive.  How do you do
> this through a web page?  How can you make it secure so that people can't
> get to these files without going through this interface?  Any help is
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jerry
>
>

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