Error 405 - Method Not Allowed

[Steve Young]

I am trying to use the webclient class in VB.Net ... in particular I want to
upload a file to the web server using:

dim responseArray As Byte() = myWebClient.UploadFile(uri,"POST",filename)

When I try this I get Error 405 - Method Not Allowed diagnostic message. I
have searched the help files in .Net and cannot find reference to this
error. Can someone point in the direction of a place where I can learn more
about this error ... and how to get around it?

Thanks very much.

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Steve Young" <yo***@indiana.edu> scripsit:

I am trying to use the webclient class in VB.Net ... in particular I want to
upload a file to the web server using:

dim responseArray As Byte() = myWebClient.UploadFile(uri,"POST",filename)

When I try this I get Error 405 - Method Not Allowed diagnostic message. I
have searched the help files in .Net and cannot find reference to this
error. Can someone point in the direction of a place where I can learn more
about this error ... and how to get around it?

Maybe your webserver doesn't allow the "POST" method?

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Steve Young]

Well, yes ... but where can I learn more about what the "POST" method is ...
and what other methods there are ... etc. Also, I tried using localhost as
the web server (I have IIS installed) and I still get the same message. How
do I allow POST method on my own machine?
"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
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* "Steve Young" <yo***@indiana.edu> scripsit:

I am trying to use the webclient class in VB.Net ... in particular I want to upload a file to the web server using:

dim responseArray As Byte() = myWebClient.UploadFile(uri,"POST",filename)
When I try this I get Error 405 - Method Not Allowed diagnostic message. I have searched the help files in .Net and cannot find reference to this
error. Can someone point in the direction of a place where I can learn more about this error ... and how to get around it?

Maybe your webserver doesn't allow the "POST" method?

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>

[Chad Z. Hower aka Kudzu]

"Steve Young" <yo***@indiana.edu> wrote in
news:bu*********@enews4.newsguy.com:

Well, yes ... but where can I learn more about what the "POST" method is
... and what other methods there are ... etc. Also, I tried using
localhost as the web server (I have IIS installed) and I still get the
same message. How do I allow POST method on my own machine?

POST and GET are the two primary ones.

In the IIS config for each application you can configure which ones are
allowed.
--
Chad Z. Hower (a.k.a. Kudzu) - http://www.hower.org/Kudzu/
"Programming is an art form that fights back"
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