"Joseph Geretz" <jgeretz@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:uKcenzqwFHA.904@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> I'm transferring a file from server to workstation, using Web Service
> Extensions and DIME. Along with the file, which travels as a DIME
> attachment, I'm also sending along metadata information about the file as
> it exists on the server. The metadata also travels as a DIME attachment in
> XML format.
>
> As you can see, the metadata contains several file timestamps. What I'm
> trying to do is set the local file timestamps for Created, Modified and
> Accessed to the same values as the file on the server. (The sample below
> shows only the node for file creation; similar nodes are included in the
> XML for last modified and last accessed.)
>
> <fileinfo host="YOSSI" filespec="C:\SpeedControl.exe" size="1405672"
> attributes="32">
> <created display="6/16/2005 12:23:34 PM"
> display_utc="6/16/2005 4:23:34 PM"
> filetime="127634126149556455"
> filetime_utc="127634270149556455"
> />
> </fileinfo>
>
> (In the following code statements FI is a FileInfo class.)
>
> The filetime_utc attribute value is serialized into the XML as
> FI.CreationTimeUtc.ToFileTime().ToString().
>
> At the other end of the wire, on the local workstation, I attempt to
> reconstitute this value as a DateTime value:
>
> FI.CreationTimeUtc = Convert.ToDateTime(SFI.Created.FileTimeUTC)
>
> However, I receive the following error: Invalid cast from Int64 to
> DateTime.
>
> Any idea what I am doing wrong, and how can I do this properly?
>
> Thanks very much for your help!
>
> - Joe Geretz -
>