How to use the ftp connection

[Martial]

Hello,

I have a problem with this KB : http://www.telerik.com/support/kb/aspnet-ajax/fileexplorer/ftpcontentprovider.aspx .

I need to use a FTP connection in my RadFileExplorer. I dont understand what I should do.
Can you explain me what I must include in my solution ?

How can I create a FTP provider and use it ?


Thanks for getting back to me. 


PS : Sorry for my english, I'm french programmer

[Rumen]

Hi,

There are two working projects attached to the KB article:

• FtpContentProvider_Cs.zip
• FtpContentProvider_Vb.zip

What you should do is to update the FtpSettings.config file with the information about your FTP server, your FTP user and password, as well as a temp folder where the files will be downloaded

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<appSettings>
  <!--The name of the FTP server. Should not contain the full path to a folder - just the server's address-->
  <add key="FtpServerName" value="ftp://localhost"/>
  <!--User name for login. If the username is not required for connecting to the server, then leave it empty but do not remove it-->
  <add key="UserName" value="put here the username"/>
  <!--Password for login. If the password is not required for connecting to the server, then leave it empty but do not remove it-->
  <add key="Password" value="put here the password"/>
  <!--The path to a virtual folder which will contain the buffered file (when copying a file). This is necessary, because when the FileCopy method is
    performed, the file is downloaded from the FTP server and then immediately uploaded to the new location in the Ftp server-->
  <add key="TempDirectoryPath" value="~/Temp"/>
  <!--Path to the ASHX handler which will serve the files to the browser-->
  <add key="ItemHandlerPath"
       value="~/FtpFileSystemHandler_Cs.ashx"/>
</appSettings>

If you want to learn more about the custom file browser content providers see this help article and live demo:
http://www.telerik.com/help/aspnet-ajax/fileexplorer-custom-filebrowsercontentprovider.html
http://demos.telerik.com/aspnet-ajax/fileexplorer/examples/server-sideapi/dbfilebrowsercontentprovider/defaultcs.aspx


Kind regards,
Rumen
the Telerik team

[Martial]

Hi,

Thank you Rumen.

I have a last question. In Default_Cs.aspx.cs it's use FtpContentProvider type. But I don't find where it's define or where can I found it.

Regards.

[Dobromir]

Hi Martial,

The FtpContentProvider class is defined in the CustomFtpProvider.cs file located in the App_Code folder of the sample page's archive.

All the best,
Dobromir
the Telerik team