Please can somebody give me a working sample in Visual Studio C# on how to do FTP.

I have tried to get the code out the vault to work without much joy - I dont follow what is being done.

I want to be able to copy a file to an FTP server and copy a file from an FTP server.

 All help gratefully appreciated.

Thanks In Advance

Delene

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I downloaded the file that you gave me but am unable to run it.

When I try to load the project under Visual Studio 2005 I get the following error message

"The project location is not trusted".  I then click on Ok

I then get an error "Error retrieving information from user datastore.  Platform not found"

The project does not load

Any suggeations

Please explain what you mean by "unable to run it" as that statement doesn't really give us any information. The less vague you are, the faster we can help.

Neil

I downloaded the zip file and extracted into a folder on my c drive. The folder I chose was OpenNETCF.

I then open Visual Studio 2005

I choose File | Open | Project or Solution

I select the folder OpenNETCF and choose the file OpenNETCF.NET.FTP

I then get an error message that says that the program location is not trusted.  I click OK (which is saying to it ignore)

It then comes up with an error "Error retrieving information from user datastore.  Platform not found"

Hope this is enough detail - I am sure that I am doing something incorrect..

The "platform not found" error tells me that you don't have a required SDK installed. You need to install the Windows Mobile 5.0 Pocket PC SDK in order to open and compile the sample.  

I downloaded the SDK as you said. The example there is for Windows Mobile 5 and I am using Windows CE but that isnt a problem.

I have added the neccessary reference - openNETCF.NET.FTP

and have the following code

m_ftp = new FTP(server.text);

m_ftp.BeginConnect(username.text, password.text);

I do not receive the response connected after doing the following code

m_ftp = new FTP(server.text);

m_ftp.ResponseReceived += new FTPResponseHandler(m_ftp_ResponseReceived);

m_ftp.BeginConnect(username.text, password.text);

Does any one have any suggestions as to why???

BeginConnect is asynchronous, meaning that you won't be connected when the call returns.  You have to wait for the connection to be made befoe doing a transfer.  The reason for this is that some servers have a long timeout, and you app could hang for a long time if it were synchronous. 

Look at the sample.  You call BeginConnect and then wait for the connection to complete before proceeding. 

I have been using the example.

The problem is that the connection is never made.  Why I dont know. 

How can I force it to connect or better still find out why it is not connecting?

I can leave it for any time length of 5 minutes to 90 minutes and it still doesnt connect..

How are you testing the sample: using an emulator or real device? Can you browse to a web site from your test unit? Does the test unit have an active network connection prior to attempting to connect to the FTP server?

It is worth noting that calling BeginConnect assumes you have an active network connection before it attempts to connect to the FTP server.