File access on server

[cnickl]

I want to read the content of a text file on a server using an ASP.NET
script. Something like this:

My script is on www.whatever.com/readfile.aspx
The file I what to read is on www.somethingelse.net/File.txt

Of course I can’t use any File system functions like File.OpenText(…)
because my script has no access to the other servers file system. However, I
know that there is a way of getting the file content. I just don’t know how.
Any hint would be appreciated.

[Brock Allen]

So you're saying that your only access to these other resources is via HTTP?
You can use the HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse classes for this.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

I want to read the content of a text file on a server using an ASP.NET
script. Something like this:

My script is on www.whatever.com/readfile.aspx
The file I what to read is on www.somethingelse.net/File.txt
Of course I can't use any File system functions like File.OpenText(.)
because my script has no access to the other servers file system.
However, I know that there is a way of getting the file content. I
just don't know how. Any hint would be appreciated.

[cnickl]

Thanks, that was the missing info i needed. i guess i'm still new to ASP

"Brock Allen" wrote:

So you're saying that your only access to these other resources is via HTTP?
You can use the HttpWebRequest and HttpWebResponse classes for this.

-Brock
DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/ballen

I want to read the content of a text file on a server using an ASP.NET
script. Something like this:

My script is on www.whatever.com/readfile.aspx
The file I what to read is on www.somethingelse.net/File.txt
Of course I can't use any File system functions like File.OpenText(.)
because my script has no access to the other servers file system.
However, I know that there is a way of getting the file content. I
just don't know how. Any hint would be appreciated.