Hi,

i want to download a file from a web browser. I´m using WebClient class but i´m getting this error: Error11The type or namespace name 'WebClient' does not exist in the namespace 'System.Net' (are you missing an assembly reference?)...

Here´s my code,can you explain me what i'm doing wrong?

And what about to download a folder (not zipped)which contains many files??is that possible?how?

Thanks

using System;

using System.Net;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using System.ComponentModel;

using System.Data;

using System.Drawing;

using System.Text;

using System.Windows.Forms;

using Microsoft.WindowsCE.Forms;

using System.IO;

using System.Reflection;

using System.Xml;

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.Telephony;

using Microsoft.WindowsMobile.DirectX;

.........

The WebClient classis not in the Compact edition of the .NET Framework. Use HttpWebRequest instead:

Code Snippet

String remAdress = "http://www.xxxx.com/data.txt"http://www.xxxx.com/data">http://www.xxxx.com/data.txt"<BR< A>> HttpWebRequest httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(fremAdress);
httpRequest.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

HttpWebResponse httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpRequest.GetResponse();
System.IO.Stream dataStream = httpResponse.GetResponseStream();

System.IO.StreamReader streamReader = new System.IO.StreamReader(dataStream);
String remData = streamReader.ReadToEnd();

streamReader.Close();
httpResponse.Close();

To download more files you'll need to know all their names and to download them file by file. or, if the directory where the files are is browsable, i think you could them all:http://www.java2s.com/Code/ASP/Components/ViewfileinfoC.htm (did not test it, see if it works)

Hi,

Try to add "System.Net" reference.

Are you writing this application for .NET Compact? And can you write how you have reference in project?

hi,

i'm using "System.Net" actually.

Yes, i'm writing for .NET CF 2.0. I can´t understand what´s wrong...

The WebClient classis not in the Compact edition of the .NET Framework. Use HttpWebRequest instead:

Code Snippet

String remAdress = "http://www.xxxx.com/data.txt"http://www.xxxx.com/data">http://www.xxxx.com/data.txt"<BR< A>> HttpWebRequest httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(fremAdress);
httpRequest.Credentials = CredentialCache.DefaultCredentials;

HttpWebResponse httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpRequest.GetResponse();
System.IO.Stream dataStream = httpResponse.GetResponseStream();

System.IO.StreamReader streamReader = new System.IO.StreamReader(dataStream);
String remData = streamReader.ReadToEnd();

streamReader.Close();
httpResponse.Close();

To download more files you'll need to know all their names and to download them file by file. or, if the directory where the files are is browsable, i think you could them all:http://www.java2s.com/Code/ASP/Components/ViewfileinfoC.htm (did not test it, see if it works)