Hello,

I've been trying to display files from a ftp directory using the system.io.file method. However, it doesn't seem to be working. What happens is that I have a dropdownlist (dlstep). When it is selected to 2, and a button (cmdexc) is clicked, it should check to see if files exist in that particular directory. If they do, then they are to display all of the filenames in a listbox which is what I have. Can someone please tell me what I'm doing wrong? I have a feeling that this statement: "TextBox1.Text = myfile.ToString" is wrong. However,I am unable to replace "tostring" with "getfile" because I get an error. Below is my code and I'm using asp.net on a web application. Thanks.


 Private Sub cmdExc_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdExc.Click
        If dlStep.SelectedValue = "2" Then
            Dim mypath As String = "ftpsite"
            Dim myDirectory As System.IO.Directory
            Dim files As System.IO.File
            Dim myfile As String
                  If files.Exists(mypath) Then
                For Each myfile In myDirectory.GetFiles(mypath)
                    ListBox1.DataTextField= myfile.ToString
                Next
            End If
         End Sub

I have finally been able to display files from a directory onto my listbox from my c drive. However, when I try to display files from a ftp site, it gives me the following error:

The given path's format is not supported.

Are ftp sites not supportable in this case? Here is my code:

Private Sub cmdExc_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles cmdExc.Click
        If dlStep.SelectedValue = "2" Then
            Dim myDirectory As New System.IO.DirectoryInfo("ftpsite")
            Dim files As System.IO.FileInfo() = myDirectory.GetFiles()
            Dim myfile As System.IO.FileInfo

            If Dir("ftpsite*.*") = "" Then
                TextBox1.Text = "empty"
            Else
                For Each myfile In files
                    ListBox1.Items.Add(myfile.ToString)
                Next
                TextBox1.Text = "not empty"
            End If
        Else
        TextBox1.Text = "not selected"
        End If
    End Sub

I would really appreciate it if someone could help me. Thanks.

Are you saying you want to actually FTP?

System.IO is for your local system, not a remote FTP location.

-Peter

What I'm saying is that I want to display files from a ftp directory, not to necessarily ftp files. Is there a way to do this? Thanks.

Either way, you have to talk to an FTP server. The System.IO classes aren't made for that. To my knowledge there aren't any native .NET classes that do this.

Ftp client library for C#
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/ftplibrary.asp
google.

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Mehdi.
software student.

Thank you for everyone's help. :)