I am coding a VB ASP.NET file to get the LastWriteTime for a http file.

DateTime FileDate;
        FileDate = System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(Server.MapPath("ht tp://sca3a56/iTemplates/PR/PhoneReport_lev1.asp"));
        DateLabel1.Text = FileDate.ToString(": MM/dd/yyyy");

The first error msg I got was: 'DateTime' is a type and cannot be used as an expression. In fact, I was modifying a C# code.

How do I code DateTime FileDate in VB?

TIA,
Jeffrey

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C. Jeffrey Wang

Did you change anything at all?? This looks like straight C# to me as you haven't even removed the ;

Try this (untested):

Dim FileDate As DateTime
FileDate = System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime(Server.MapPath("ht tp://sca3a56/iTemplates/PR/PhoneReport_lev1.asp"))
DateLabel1.Text = FileDate.ToString(": MM/dd/yyyy")

Imar

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BTW: Server.MapPath only works with local paths, not with internet addresses. So you can use something like "/Images/Whatever.gif" but not http addresses.

Same goes for the methods in the IO.File class.

Cheers,

Imar

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Thanks.

Yes, I have written the same VB code and got the error msg that
the http file can not be found. Then for a href http file
how do I code the file.GetLastWriteTime()?

TIA,
Jeffrey

You may want to look at the WebRequest and WebResponse classes: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebresponse.lastmodified(VS.71).asp x

However, this doesn't really return the file's date on disk. If you really need that, you could create a web service that returns the date and time for a specific file on the local machine using code similar to what you posted earlier. Then your ASP.NET site could connect to this web service.

Cheers,

Imar

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Just tried the inline VB code:

Protected Sub DateLabel4_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
        Dim FileDate As DateTime
        FileDate = System.IO.File.GetLastWriteTime("\\sca4001\DARS DDS\Home.aspx")
        DateLabel4.Text = FileDate.ToString(": MM/dd/yyyy")
    End Sub

sca4001 is my other server. Many times, including the local server,
the FileDate seemed to be working, but the label date was 12/31/1600.
What does 12/31/1600 mean? The coding was correct, but the ToString was wrong? Or the FileDate is still wrong, so the filedate is empty?

TIA,
Jeffrey

Take a look at the docs here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...writetime.aspx

31-12 1600 is returned when the file could not be found. It may also be a permission issue....

Imar


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