Opening a file

[disord3r]

I did some quick keyword searches but was unable to turn up the correct method for this, so here goes...

I need my ASP script to connect to a remote URL, grab a file, and save it locally. This seems like it should be pretty easy, but since it's happening needs to occur over HTTP, my searches weren't turning up any results. How would I go about doing this?

Also, it's possible that this remote file might be an image. If so, I would want to do some simple manipulation (check file size/dimensions, possibly resize and/or reduce colors/quality, etc). What methods/properties exist for doing such manipulations in ASP?

 

[Bastien]

xmlhttp is a function that can do this. see here for ex,

http://www.aspfaqs.com/aspfaqs/ShowFAQ.asp?FAQID=61

but note that there are limitation due to a desire to limit the ability of hackers to grab any file they want by using this.

Bastien

Any one have a techie job in Toronto, I need to work...being laid off sucks!

 

[disord3r]

Beauty. That bit of code seems to do the trick, as far as retrieving the file.

As for manipulation in the event of the remote file being an image: is there anything built-in that I can use, or do I have to find add-on components for this?

 

[Bastien]

see here

http://www.scriptsearch.com/ASP/Scripts_and_Components/Image_Manipulation/

Bastien

Any one have a techie job in Toronto, I need to work...being laid off sucks!