Stream problem (General questions)

I'm currently evaluating the FtpDLX.Net component. I need to be able to retrieve a (text) file from a SFTP server and save it to a database. This is for a middle tier component and I do not want to save it to a file.

I am able to send a file from a stream using PutFile, but when I try to retrieve a file, the stream is closed after the GetFile call and I get a System.ObjectDisposedException: Cannot access a closed Stream exception.

Here's the code, with all my exception handling, etc. removed...

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public class FtpHelper {

private FtpDLX _ftpConn;

public FtpHelper(string connectToServer, string ftpLogin, string ftpPassword, bool isSFTP, bool usePassive) {

_ftpConn = new FtpDLX();

_ftpConn.Blocking = true;

_ftpConn.Hostname = connectToServer;
_ftpConn.Login = ftpLogin;
_ftpConn.Password = ftpPassword;
_ftpConn.Passive = usePassive;

_ftpConn.Protocol = isSFTP ? Protocols.SFTP : Protocols.FTP;

_ftpConn.Connect();

}

/// <summary>
/// Sends a string to the server as a file.
/// </summary>
public bool SendTextAsFile(string text, string fileName, string remotePath) {

try {

_ftpConn.TransferMode = TransferModes.AscII;

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(text));

_ftpConn.LocalPath = fileName;
_ftpConn.PutFile(stream, remotePath);

stream.Close();
}

catch {

return false;

}

return true;

}

// Want this function to pickup the remote CSV file and
// return it as a string
public string PickupFileToString(string folder, string fileName) {

MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream();

_ftpConn.TransferMode = TransferModes.AscII;

// I have to have this here or I get a
// WeOnlyDo.InvalidSettingException, even though I'm not saving
// the file?
_ftpConn.LocalPath = fileName;

// filename example: /out/batch00002.csv
_ftpConn.GetFile(stream, folder + / + fileName);

// Stream is not readable here... getting ObjectDisposedException
// I have tried using other GetFile calls
//(ie GetFile(string localPath, string
// remotePath)) and they work fine, so I know the filename is
// correct and the file is on the server

return StreamToText(stream);

}

private static string StreamToText(Stream stream) {

string tempString = null;
int count = 0;

StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();

byte[] buf = new byte[8192];

do {

count = stream.Read(buf, 0, buf.Length);

if (count != 0) {
tempString = Encoding.ASCII.GetString(buf, 0, count);
sb.Append(tempString);
}
}
while (count > 0);
return sb.ToString();

}

public void Disconnect() {
_ftpConn.Disconnect();
}

~FtpHelper() {

if (_ftpConn.State != States.Disconnected)
_ftpConn.Disconnect();

}

}

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