Binary tranfer using TCPStream

[redneon]

I'm writing a small FTP client to include in one of my programs but I'm not
sure how to get a binary stream using the TCPStream. This is my code at the
moment...

responseConnection = new TcpClient(responseIP, responsePort);
responseStream = responseConnection.GetStream();
responseReader = new StreamReader(responseStream);
StreamWriter fileStream = new StreamWriter(@"C:\" +
lstFTPView.SelectedItems[0].Text, false);

do
{
output = responseReader.ReadLine();
if (output != null)
{
fileStream.WriteLine(output);
} while(output != null);

The problem with the above is that it reams the stream text but this wont
work with binary files. How can I get around this?

Thanks,

Darrell

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

redneon <re*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I'm writing a small FTP client to include in one of my programs but I'm not
sure how to get a binary stream using the TCPStream. This is my code at the
moment...

responseConnection = new TcpClient(responseIP, responsePort);
responseStream = responseConnection.GetStream();
responseReader = new StreamReader(responseStream);

That's the problem to start with. If you've got binary data, you don't
want to use a StreamReader and StreamWriter. Just use the response
stream, and write to a file stream.

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[Ignacio Machin \( .NET/ C# MVP \)]

Hi,

Just use a FileStream to write the data to.
a NetworkStream is a binary stream already so all you have to do is use
another binary stream to write the data to.

Cheers,
--
Ignacio Machin,
ignacio.machin AT dot.state.fl.us
Florida Department Of Transportation

"redneon" <re*****@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I'm writing a small FTP client to include in one of my programs but I'm
not
sure how to get a binary stream using the TCPStream. This is my code at
the
moment...

responseConnection = new TcpClient(responseIP, responsePort);
responseStream = responseConnection.GetStream();
responseReader = new StreamReader(responseStream);
StreamWriter fileStream = new StreamWriter(@"C:\" +
lstFTPView.SelectedItems[0].Text, false);

do
{
output = responseReader.ReadLine();
if (output != null)
{
fileStream.WriteLine(output);
} while(output != null);

The problem with the above is that it reams the stream text but this wont
work with binary files. How can I get around this?

Thanks,

Darrell