Download (copy) file from the internet
 

Hi,

i want to know if it is possible to download a specific file from my website
to my harddisk. If so, I can let my users make an update from a file which
I have place on my webspace.

Thanks
Jos Vens

Download (copy) file from the internet
 

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This was posted recently by Mudraker: (code from Randy Birch's site)


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' Copyright ©1996-2003 VBnet, Randy Birch, All Rights Reserved.
' Some pages may also contain other copyrights by the author.
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''
' Distribution: You can freely use this code in your own
' applications, but you may not reproduce
' or publish this code on any web site,
' online service, or distribute as source
' on any media without express permission.
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ''''''''''''''
Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" _
Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" _
(ByVal pCaller As Long, _
ByVal szURL As String, _
ByVal szFileName As String, _
ByVal dwReserved As Long, _
ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long

Private Const ERROR_SUCCESS As Long = 0
Private Const BINDF_GETNEWESTVERSION As Long = &H10
Private Const INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD As Long = &H80000000

Public Function DownloadFile(sSourceUrl As String, _
sLocalFile As String) As Boolean

'Download the file. BINDF_GETNEWESTVERSION forces
'the API to download from the specified source.
'Passing 0& as dwReserved causes the locally-cached
'copy to be downloaded, if available. If the API
'returns ERROR_SUCCESS (0), DownloadFile returns True.
DownloadFile = URLDownloadToFile(0&, _
sSourceUrl, sLocalFile, _
BINDF_GETNEWESTVERSION, _
0&) = ERROR_SUCCESS
End Function

' Mukraker's code to call the function

Sub AutoDownloadIntranetFile()
Dim sSourceUrl As String
Dim sLocalFile As String
Dim hfile As Long

sSourceUrl = "http://www.??????"
sLocalFile = "c:\temp"
If DownloadFile(sSourceUrl, sLocalFile) = False Then
Call cmdE
MsgBox "Error In Downloading File" _
& Chr(10) _
& "Cannot Continue", vbCritical
End
End If
End Sub


sub cmdE()
AppActivate "microsoft excel"
end Sub


--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy


"Jos Vens" wrote in message
...
Hi,

i want to know if it is possible to download a specific file from my
website
to my harddisk. If so, I can let my users make an update from a file
which
I have place on my webspace.

Thanks
Jos Vens