How to access files from another server in windows environment

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Hi,

I have two different applications (A and B) deployed on different windows servers where IIS 7 in running. There are some file for application B for which file path is stored in SQL server 2008 db and they are stored in upload folder.
I want to get/fetch these files from application A. I would like to know whether I need to make upload directory as virtual directory (currently no virtual directory is specified for application B) and then access it through http protocol. Becoz currently I am accessing this from application A (C#) by providing some path (e.g. http://ipaddress/FirstDir/Upload/my.pdf) it gives me "it is not a valid virtual path" error.
Please suggest me the better approach to do this.

Regds
SNI

Posted 2-Feb-15 20:38pm

SNI

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sjelen · Answer 1 · 2015-02-02T21:57:00

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If both servers are on the same LAN you can create a network share on server B and give app A permissions to access that share.
You could then access files using network path like "\\ipaddress\SharedFolderName\...\my.pdf"

Posted 2-Feb-15 21:57pm

sjelen