Get my application to be allowed access through firewall using c#

Question

i am trying to get my application to be allowed through firewall, as I have to do ftp in active and passive mode is not an option as servers are not configured for that. so i tr

Answer 1

i have observed that if i change the order of ftp download statements to following windows dialog appears asking that do you want to allow this program access through firewall; if i click allow access the code works perfectly.

requestDownload = (FtpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(uri);
                            requestDownload.UsePassive = false;
                            requestDownload.KeepAlive = false;
                            requestDownload.UseBinary = true;
                            requestDownload.Method = WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile;


                            requestDownload.Credentials = new NetworkCredential(ftpInfoDownload[3], ftpInfoDownload[4]);

                            responseDownload = (FtpWebResponse)requestDownload.GetResponse();
                            Stream ftpStream = responseDownload.GetResponseStream();