reading a text file which is in a remote server

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visu - 15 Jun 2007 13:55 GMT

Is it possible to do it from within Visual Basic to open and read
(not
transfer) a file on another PC over Internet just like it would with
local
files?

I have went through FTP but instead of transferring back the file and
open
it locally, I would prefer to open it remotely, over a constant/
broadband
connection.

Regards
visu

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Thorsten Albers - 15 Jun 2007 14:55 GMT

visu <k.visube@gmail.com> schrieb im Beitrag
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> Is it possible to do it from within Visual Basic to open and read
> (not
> transfer) a file on another PC over Internet just like it would with
> local
> files?

All VB file related commands are able to process a
a) local path ('drive:\directory\file')
b) network path ('drive:\\directory\file')
c) UNC path ('\\Server\Share\directory\file')

For b) it is necessary to map the remote drive to a local drive.
For c) it is necessary to have the network share available on the remote
machine.

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mayayana - 15 Jun 2007 15:02 GMT

Multiposted.

Already answered in ...general.discussion

> Is it possible to do it from within Visual Basic to open and read
> (not
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> Regards
> visu

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visu - 18 Jun 2007 08:27 GMT

> Multiposted.
>
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>
> - Show quoted text -

Yes mayayana .. i want to know if there is any APIs to access the
remote file.
So i posted the question here.
Is it wrong?

Regards
visu

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mayayana - 18 Jun 2007 14:09 GMT

> So i posted the question here.
> Is it wrong?

You also posted it in microsoft.public.vb.general.discussion
and got some answers there. Posting separate posts to different
groups is "multi-posting". The result is that the answers posted in
one group don't show up in the others, so people waste time
answering a question that may have already been resolved
elsewhere.

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reading a text file which is in a remote server