k, looping through the file and writing peices via upload ftp... it leaves out some random parts of the txt file.. like 1 or 2 characters.. was leaving off more so I changed my divider to a double from integet and that corrected it a lot. I guess I need to be counting the actual bytes and dividing by that?

here is code help

pbUpload.Visible = True
Dim intFbytes As Double
Dim intOffset As Double
Dim clsStream As System.IO.Stream = clsRequest.GetRequestStream()
intFbytes = bFile.Length / 100
pbUpload.Maximum = 100
For I As Integer = 0 To 100
If intOffset + intFbytes > bFile.Length Then intFbytes = bFile.Length - intOffset
clsStream.Write(bFile, intOffset, intFbytes)
intOffset += intFbytes
pbUpload.Value = I
Next
clsStream.Close()
clsStream.Dispose()
pbUpload.Visible = False