"Mark Rae" wrote:

> "dinoo" <di***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:52AAB11F-CB5C-4931-89DF-5F6112B514F0@microsoft.com...
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> > I am converting an vb application to c#. The existing application connects
> > to the mainframe server using FTP and downloads a file (dataset).
> > Is it possible in .NET to avoid FTP and use any providers to connect to
> > the
> > mainframe server and download a file.
> >
> > I would appreciate if someone can give a reference to a link or code.
>
> Depending on what sort of mainframe it is, you *might* be able to use Host
> Integration Server: http://www.microsoft.com/hiserver/default.mspx
>
> You mention that the file you need is a dataset - does that imply that it's
> being fetched from a mainframe database? If so, you may be able to query it
> (almost) directly with ADO.NET and maybe some middleware.
>
> If you supply a bit more information about the mainframe and or RDBMS,
> you'll get a much better response.
>
> However, I'd say that FTP will almost certainly be the simplest solution,
> especially as FTP support is provided natively in v2 of the .NET Framework.
>
> Is there any particular reason that you don't want to use FTP...?
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