Kill Command & deleting from an ftp site

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Dobsons

This is my thinking...

I'm using the following command,
kill("http://www.domain.net/dir/A.jpg") in VBA. This obviously
doesn't work :-)
because I'd have to first log in to the site AND then delete the file.
Question is, how does one do that. I host an image site tied into
a database program and I want to be able to run a process once the
item is sold, it'll go in and delete the file from my hosting service,
so it'll clear out space.
Is this possible with MS Access from a local machine going onto a
network to my hosted site?
Am I making sense?
Is there an alternative command that I'm missing?
By the way, I"m using Access 2000 with XP as the OS.
Thanks for your help

Dave
 
(e-mail address removed) (Dobsons) wrote in
Question is, how does one do that.
Click to expand...

a: Shell an ftp program and run it - some ftp programmes are externally
programmable or scriptable. Check out whatever you normally use.

b: Shell a telnet program - a bit old hat now but you get real kudos as an
internet guru if you can do it.

c: Use an internet control - there is a Microsoft one and loads of third
party ones that will let you do either of the above (ftp is a lot simpler)
all within the cosy environment of VBA.

HTH


Tim F
 
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