ASP.NET FTP Deployment Tool

It's been a long time without a blog, but I said I would never complain about too much work--ever again.

With a short break from my consulting gig, I've finally been able to work on the first release of the ASP.NET Deployment Tool (AND+FTP). This product has been in beta for several months with about 100 kind souls testing it. This tool allows you to deploy your Visual Studio ASP.NET applications from your local workstation to a remote FTP site in much the same way Visual Studio allows you to deploy using FrontPage extension or File share.

The beta will still be available until the end of August, 2003 and can be downloaded from:

http://www.dotnetftp.com

Beta testers signing up before the end of this period will receive the first production release without charge; although, the price is going to be pretty minimal anyway.

Thanks go to all of the beta testers so far. Your feedback has been great.

Published Wednesday, August 06, 2003 9:43 AM by shark

Comments

# re: ASP.NET FTP Deployment Tool

Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:04 AM by Christophe Lauer
Hi Stephen,

Could you explain the differences between DotnetFTP and the built-in FTP feature of Web Matrix? I guess that being specislized, DotnetFTP goes far beyond, but could you be specific?

TIA,
CL

# re: ASP.NET FTP Deployment Tool

Thursday, August 07, 2003 10:02 AM by Steve Sharrock
I haven't used Web Matrix since an early test when it first came out, so I may be wrong about this. I (think) WM allows you to connect to a remote site and work on your files directly???

The AND+FTP tool works (currently) only with Visual Studio ASP.NET projects that are typically developed using a localserver. When you choose to deploy the VS ASP.NET project (using VS) you have the options of using FrontPage extension, or file Share (copy). My tool simply gives you a third option of using FTP. The main advantage (for me) is I don't have to depend on my ISP (or whatever-provider) to keep the FrontPage extension working, and my tool keeps a pretty good record of the files/timestamps that have been delivered and minimizes the FTP traffic for each deployment (frequent, for me). The final release will also allow you to delete and rename remote files/folders, and redirect source files/folders to different remote locations.

# re: ASP.NET FTP Deployment Tool

Thursday, August 07, 2003 11:30 AM by Christophe Lauer
Pretty clear. I'll have to give it a try, you convinced me :)

# re: ASP.NET FTP Deployment Tool

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:20 AM by Vivek
Hi every body,
Can I use FTP using asp.net to upload and download files from web server.
Please help me

# re: ASP.NET FTP Deployment Tool

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 4:20 AM by Vivek
Hi every body,
Can I use FTP using asp.net to upload and download files from web server.
Are There any Inbuilt Classes available for it
Please help me

# re: ASP.NET FTP Deployment Tool

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 7:18 AM by Steve Sharrock
I have an article on ASPAlliance called "FTP Access with WebRequest" that provides sample code. You can view the article at:

http://www.ASPAlliance.com/253

Steve Sharrock
Architecture/Design/Programming
Microsoft MVP: ASP.NET
www.sharkcode.com


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