Invalid URI: The format of the URI could not be determined

Question

I keep getting this error.

Invalid URI: The format of the URI could not be determined.

the code I have is:

Uri u         


        

Answer 1

Check possible reasons here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/z6c2z492(v=VS.100).aspx

EDIT:

You need to put the protocol prefix in front the address, i.e. in your case "ftp://"