Load from FTP
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The following code snippet shows how to load a document from FTP:
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Net;
using GroupDocs.Viewer;
using GroupDocs.Viewer.Options;
// ...
Stream stream = GetFileFromFtp("sample.docx");
using (Viewer viewer = new Viewer(stream))
{
HtmlViewOptions viewOptions = HtmlViewOptions.ForEmbeddedResources();
viewer.View(viewOptions);
}
static Stream GetFileFromFtp(string filePath)
{
Uri uri = new Uri(filePath);
FtpWebRequest request = CreateRequest(uri);
using (WebResponse response = request.GetResponse())
return GetFileStream(response);
}
static FtpWebRequest CreateRequest(Uri uri)
{
FtpWebRequest request = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile;
return request;
}
static Stream GetFileStream(WebResponse response)
{
MemoryStream fileStream = new MemoryStream();
using (Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream())
responseStream.CopyTo(fileStream);
fileStream.Position = 0;
return fileStream;
}
Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports GroupDocs.Viewer
Imports GroupDocs.Viewer.Options
' ...
Module Program
Sub Main(args As String())
Dim stream As Stream = GetFileFromFtp("sample.docx")
Using viewer As New Viewer(stream)
Dim viewOptions As HtmlViewOptions = HtmlViewOptions.ForEmbeddedResources()
viewer.View(viewOptions)
End Using
End Sub
Private Function GetFileFromFtp(ByVal filePath As String) As Stream
Dim uri As New Uri(filePath)
Dim request As FtpWebRequest = CreateRequest(uri)
Using response As WebResponse = request.GetResponse()
Return GetFileStream(response)
End Using
End Function
Private Function CreateRequest(ByVal uri As Uri) As FtpWebRequest
Dim request As FtpWebRequest = DirectCast(WebRequest.Create(uri), FtpWebRequest)
request.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile
Return request
End Function
Private Function GetFileStream(ByVal response As WebResponse) As Stream
Dim fileStream As New MemoryStream()
Using responseStream As Stream = response.GetResponseStream()
responseStream.CopyTo(fileStream)
End Using
fileStream.Position = 0
Return fileStream
End Function
End Module
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