Uploading a File

So I wanted to upload a file or files from a Windows Application that I was developing, so a quick lookup on MSDN provided the following (link): –

My.Computer.Network.UploadFile ( <span class="str">&quot;C:My DocumentsOrder.txt&quot;</span>, _
<span class="str"><a href="http://www.cohowinery.com/upload.aspx">http://www.cohowinery.com/upload.aspx</a></span>)

1 2	My.Computer.Network.UploadFile ( <span class="str">"C:My DocumentsOrder.txt"</span>, _ <span class="str"><a href="http://www.cohowinery.com/upload.aspx">http://www.cohowinery.com/upload.aspx</a></span>)

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On the face of it it couldn’t be easier. If you take a look at the How To article, you can see that it doesn’t explain how to code the web side of the app or what’s required.

After much Googling, I finally come up with the answer, UploadFile is a wrapped for the WebClient.UploadFile Method. Reading this article provides more information.

The receiving ASPX page or upload.aspx as in the above example, requires the following code.

&lt;%@ Import <span class="kwrd">Namespace</span>=<span class="str">&quot;System&quot;</span>%&gt;
&lt;%@ Import <span class="kwrd">Namespace</span>=<span class="str">&quot;System.IO&quot;</span>%&gt;
&lt;%@ Import <span class="kwrd">Namespace</span>=<span class="str">&quot;System.Net&quot;</span>%&gt;
&lt;%@ Import <span class="kwrd">NameSpace</span>=<span class="str">&quot;System.Web&quot;</span>%&gt;

&lt;Script language=<span class="str">&quot;VB&quot;</span> runat=server&gt;
    <span class="kwrd">Sub</span> Page_Load(<span class="kwrd">ByVal</span> sender <span class="kwrd">As</span> <span class="kwrd">Object</span>, <span class="kwrd">ByVal</span> e <span class="kwrd">As</span> EventArgs)

        <span class="kwrd">Dim</span> f <span class="kwrd">As</span> <span class="kwrd">String</span>
        <span class="kwrd">Dim</span> file
        <span class="kwrd">For</span> <span class="kwrd">Each</span> f <span class="kwrd">In</span> Request.Files.AllKeys
            file = Request.Files(f)
            file.SaveAs(<span class="str">&quot;c:inetpubtestUploadedFiles&quot;</span> &amp; file.FileName)
        <span class="kwrd">Next</span> f

    <span class="kwrd">End</span> <span class="kwrd">Sub</span>

&lt;/Script&gt;
&lt;html&gt;
&lt;body&gt;
&lt;p&gt; Upload complete. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
&lt;/html&gt;

<%@ Import Namespace="System"%>

<%@ Import Namespace="System.IO"%>

<%@ Import Namespace="System.Net"%>

<%@ Import NameSpace="System.Web"%>

Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)

Dim f As String

Dim file

For Each f In Request.Files.AllKeys

file = Request.Files(f)

file.SaveAs("c:inetpubtestUploadedFiles" & file.FileName)

Next f

End Sub

</Script>

<html>

<body>

Upload complete.

</body>

</html>

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