Re: Downloading files

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


"Alvin Bruney - ASP.NET MVP" <www.lulu.com/owc> wrote in message
news:Op4KRT6sFHA.1940@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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]
>
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>
>
>
> "Shawn" <bossman100@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ejCwy5wsFHA.2348@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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
> > news:Oky4ScwsFHA.912@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > 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
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Shawn" <bossman100@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > > news:#M6sTVwsFHA.2968@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>


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