Downloading Zip File from FTP Site

[Hugh McLaughlin]

Hello everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I am
working on an application that allows a user to downlad a
zip file from an FTP site. I have used the following
code:

Dim URL As String = "f= "ftp://ftpsite/data.zip"

Dim outputFile As String = "C:\Data.zip"
Dim wReq As WebRequest
Dim wResp As WebResponse
Dim respStream As Stream
Dim reader As StreamReader
Dim writer As StreamWriter

' create the Web Request
wReq = WebRequest.Create(URL)

' get the response
wResp = wReq.GetResponse()
respStream = wResp.GetResponseStream()
reader = New StreamReader(respStream,
Encoding.ASCII)

' and write it to the required file
writer = New StreamWriter(outputFile)
writer.Write(reader.ReadToEnd())

However, the application fails to work. I have verified
that the FTP site is configured properly and works, so
the problem is in my code. I am not exactly sure what is
wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

[Yan-Hong Huang[MSFT]]

Hello Hugh,

Please refer to http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/ftpdriver1.asp for a FTP client sample on how to download a file from
FTP server. Thanks.

Best regards,
Yanhong Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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!Hello everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I am
!working on an application that allows a user to downlad a
!zip file from an FTP site. I have used the following
!code:
!
!Dim URL As String = "f= "ftp://ftpsite/data.zip"
!
! Dim outputFile As String = "C:\Data.zip"
! Dim wReq As WebRequest
! Dim wResp As WebResponse
! Dim respStream As Stream
! Dim reader As StreamReader
! Dim writer As StreamWriter
!
! ' create the Web Request
! wReq = WebRequest.Create(URL)
!
! ' get the response
! wResp = wReq.GetResponse()
! respStream = wResp.GetResponseStream()
! reader = New StreamReader(respStream,
!Encoding.ASCII)
!
! ' and write it to the required file
! writer = New StreamWriter(outputFile)
! writer.Write(reader.ReadToEnd())
!
!However, the application fails to work. I have verified
!that the FTP site is configured properly and works, so
!the problem is in my code. I am not exactly sure what is
!wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
!