Reading data from a web server

[kronecker]

I want to set some switches in say HTML, write the data to a file and
then read this file from a vb.et program. What is the best approach? I
thought at first maybe an RSS feed would do then I thought this was an
overkill since the data was more or less just 4 strings of true or
false each!
What would be the best approach? An XML file local on the server maybe
or a text file? How to read it remotely from my computer?

Thanks

k.

 

[Family Tree Mike]

Is something using System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile() sufficient?

 

[kronecker]

Is something using System.Net.WebClient.DownloadFile() sufficient?

Sounds promising. So the file could be a text file on the server ie
test_remote.txt say from a url

http://test.com/test_remote.txt

how to get this to a local file myfile_local.txt ?

K.

 

[Cor Ligthert[MVP]]

There are many possibilities, to get files from a server to a client,
however from where are you accessing it.

If it is a WindowsForm or WindowsService then the webclient.download is
probably the most simple one.

If it is a Webpage then simple adding a link on your page does it.

Cor

 

[kimiraikkonen]

I want to set some switches in say HTML, write the data to a file and
then read this file from a vb.et program. What is the best approach? I
thought at first maybe an RSS feed would do then I thought this was an
overkill since the data was more or less just 4 strings of true or
false each!
What would be the best approach? An XML file local on the server maybe
or a text file? How to read it remotely from my computer?

Thanks

k.

Hi,
Take a look at System.Net.WebClient class that provides download /
upload related methods and functions both. Also My Namespace is
another choice, My.Comptuer.Network provides UploadFile, DownloadFile
that are suitable for any for including text format.

Thanks,

Onur Güzel

 

[Family Tree Mike]

This should do it:

Dim wc As New System.Net.WebClient
Try
wc.DownloadFile("http://test.com/test_remote.txt", "c:\myfile_local.txt")
Catch ex As Exception
Console.Out.WriteLine("an error occurred retrieving data...")
End Try

 

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

What would be the best approach? An XML file local on the server maybe
or a text file? How to read it remotely from my computer?

In addition to the other replies:

'My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile'.

 

[Cor Ligthert[MVP]]

In addition to the other replies:

'My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile'.

In addition to this message: for versions later than 2003



Cor