Vista - FTP not supported through http proxy

I have got a web proxy through which I am able to browse the internet.
However when I try to perform ftp uploads I get an
InvalidOperationException saying that FTP commands cannot be issued
over a HTTP proxy.


System.InvalidOperationException was unhandled
Message="The requested FTP command is not supported when using HTTP
proxy."
Source="System"
StackTrace:
at System.Net.FtpWebRequest.GetHttpWebRequest()
at System.Net.FtpWebRequest.GetRequestStream()
at rcvfileUploader.Program.Main(String[] args) in C:\Arun
\JobsUploader\rcvfileUploader\rcvfileUploader\Program.cs:line 23
at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(Assembly assembly, String
[] args)
at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile,
Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args)
at
Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object
state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext
executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

I thought FTP and HTTP are two entirely different protocols....how does one
relate to the other??

Mark

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Mark Salsbery
Microsoft MVP - Visual C++


"deostroll" <deostroll@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:76ea8d41-c758-4ae8-87ae-05398255a948@xxxxxx

On Dec 25, 2:41*am, "Mark Salsbery [MVP]" <MarkSalsbery[MVP]
@newsgroup.nospam> wrote:We usually connect to the internet through a proxy server, which is
why I get the problem I think.

--deostroll

On Dec 23, 9:30*pm, deostroll <deostr...@xxxxxx> wrote:Have you looked at the documentation for
FtpWebRequest.GetRequestStream? There is a list of commands that are
accepted, and anything else is listed as throwing the exception you
see.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...am(VS.80).aspx

On Dec 26, 5:25*pm, montei...@xxxxxx wrote:Hi,
I guess I've found a solution. I found it discussed in the msdn
forums. You have something called a proxy as a property for an
FtpWebRequest. Just initialize it with an empty instance...

myFtpRequestObj.Proxy = new WebProxy();

--deostroll