StreamReader

[Guest]

This object works great with "files".

but I have a Virtual web Site under my main site that points to my file share.
Since this is secure, I'd like to open the file via its url.

I tried this but .net failed. Said URI formats are not supported!

string sFile = "https://myServer/Reports//12345/myfile.asp";
StreamReader oTextFile = new StreamReader(sFile);



Is it possible to use the StreamReader object on url files?

Thanks

Mike

 

[Martin Honnen]

This object works great with "files".

but I have a Virtual web Site under my main site that points to my file share.
Since this is secure, I'd like to open the file via its url.

I tried this but .net failed. Said URI formats are not supported!

string sFile = "https://myServer/Reports//12345/myfile.asp";
StreamReader oTextFile = new StreamReader(sFile);



Is it possible to use the StreamReader object on url files?

No, there are no "url files".
If you want to read from a HTTP or HTTPS URL then use
WebRequest.Create(@"https://example.com/dir/page.asp")
For simple things there is also WebClient

 

[Guest]

Martin

Do you have an example of how I can use WebRequest in conjunction with StreamReader to open the URI

I'm struggling here

 

[Martin Honnen]

Do you have an example of how I can use WebRequest in conjunction with StreamReader to open the URI?

http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quicks...ithSSL.src&file=CS\clientGETwithSSL.cs&font=3

If you are new to .NET then consider installing the .NET SDK with the
quickstart tutorial on your development machine as then you have all
such examples there to look at

 

[Jay B. Harlow [MVP - Outlook]]

Mike,
Did you check the sample under WebReponse.GetResponseStream? (you get the
WebResponse from WebRequest.GetResponse).

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...NetWebResponseClassGetResponseStreamTopic.asp

Alternatively did you check the sample under WebClient.OpenRead?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...frlrfSystemNetWebClientClassOpenReadTopic.asp

Both return a Stream objects, that you can then pass to the constructor of
the StreamReader class.

Hope this helps
Jay

 

[Guest]

Jay

Many thanks for the tip. In looking more closely at this object..

BTW... can you explain to me what an abstract class is and what it is such?

 

[Martin Honnen]

BTW... can you explain to me what an abstract class is and what it is such?

Does the C# documentation
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/csref/html/vclrfAbstract.asp
not help to explain what an abstract class is?

 

[Guest]

Thanks alot Martin for the URL.

Tom

----- Martin Honnen wrote: -----

BTW... can you explain to me what an abstract class is and what it is such?

Does the C# documentation
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/csref/html/vclrfAbstract.asp
not help to explain what an abstract class is?