WebClient allows a program to upload a file via http to another server. as
can only access its own files.
it is unclear what you are trying to do. you have the browser upload a file
to the server, but don't do anything with it. did you forget to save the
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No I'm not confused I probably just didn't explain my problem good enough.
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What is happening is that the UploadFile command is looking on the c drive
of the server rather than the c drive of the webclient.
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In the command below sPath is supposed to be the path of a file on the web
client and sent to the web server but the command is looking on the server
for sPath???
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// Upload the file to the URL using the HTTP 1.0 POST.
byte[] responseArray = myWebClient.UploadFile(sPost, sPath);
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"George" wrote:
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I think you confusing Upload with Download...
Upload - from client to server
Download from server to client.
George.
"Scott Trick" <ScottTrick@discussions.microsoft.comwrote in message
news:718E4FD0-022F-4639-9E8B-D8BD07BFF116@microsoft.com...
>I followed the instructions from MSDN for Webclient UploadFile and I get an
error: Could not find file 'C:\testfile.xls'.
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If I add the file (c:\testfile.xls) to the server I do not get the error
and
the file is copied from the server to the server, rather than from the web
client to the server.
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Please help!!!
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Here is my code:
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--------------Default.aspx---------
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<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Default.aspx.cs"
Inherits="_Default" %>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" method="post" runat=server>
<div>
<asp:FileUpload ID="FileUpload1" runat="server" Style="z-index:
100;
left: 22px;
position: absolute; top: 16px" Width="537px" />
<asp:Button ID="sendfileButton" runat="server"
OnClick="sendfileButton_Click" Style="z-index: 102;
left: 27px; position: absolute; top: 55px" Text="Send File"
Width="90px" />
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</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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--------------- default.aspx.cs ----------------------
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protected void sendfileButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
String sPath = @"C:\PricingImportTest.xls";
String sPost = "http://webservername/confirm.aspx";
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// Create a new WebClient instance.
WebClient myWebClient = new WebClient();
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// Upload the file to the URL using the HTTP 1.0 POST.
byte[] responseArray = myWebClient.UploadFile(sPost, sPath);
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}
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----------- confirm.aspx --------------------------
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<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Confirm.aspx.cs"
Inherits="Confirm" %>
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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" method="post" runat="server">
<div>
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</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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--------- confirm.aspx.cs --------------------------
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public partial class Confirm : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
foreach(string f in Request.Files.AllKeys)
{
HttpPostedFile file = Request.Files[f];
file.SaveAs(@"c:\users\tmp\" + file.FileName);
}
}
}
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