Download a file

[Talk2Tom11]

Hey I wrote this code:

 

Imports System.Net

 

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
       Dim wClient As New WebClient

       'address of file to download
       Dim UpdateFile As String = "http://sitewithfile/1.txt"

       'download file and folder to put it
       wClient.DownloadFile(UpdateFile, "C:\1.txt")
   End Sub

 

and when I run the program and click button 1 it gives me and error on this line:

wClient.DownloadFile(UpdateFile, "C:\1.txt")

 

If anyone knows what I did wrong please post

[PlausiblyDamp]

Any chance of a clue as to what the error was? It is a lot easier for people to help if you give them more information.

[Talk2Tom11]

sorry... this was the error:

 

An unhandled exception of type 'System.Net.WebException' occurred in system.dll

 

Additional information: An exception occurred during a WebClient request.

[PlausiblyDamp]

Does the file 1.txt already exist? IIRC i think you need to specify a file that doesn't already exist.

If not you may want to check if the file is in use and as such prevented from being over-written.

[Talk2Tom11]

there is no C:/1.txt file that exist to begin with

[Talk2Tom11]

the code works when I download something from a website... but I am trying to download from an ftp... maybe that is the difference...

 

I am addressing it like this...

 

ftp://Username:Password@IPAddress/1.txt

 

when i type that in IE it prompts me to download the file... so I don't understand why I doesn't work here.

[PlausiblyDamp]

The web client only supports Http / https and not ftp. If you have a search in these forums you will find a couple of examples of downloading via ftp.

[Talk2Tom11]

ok thank you