Automatically save from a URL

[paulcy82]

I have a form that when I click a button on the form, I use shell to open IE and go to a link that prompts me to save a zip file. I want this to be automatic. I want to click the button and the file will be automatically saved to a directory that I specify in my code.

 

[ifx]

Hi,
If I understood your problem correctly, you could try using WebRequest from your app rather than opening IE. Something like this bit of code might help (I haven't tested the streamwriter bit so that might need tweaking):

Imports System.Net
Imports System.IO

Dim URL as String = "

http://yourwebsite.com/zipfile.zip"

Dim webReq As WebRequest = WebRequest.Create(URL)
Dim webRes As WebResponse = webReq.GetResponse

Dim StreamReader As New StreamReader(webRes.GetResponseStream)

Dim StreamWriter As New StreamWriter("C:\path\filename.zip")
StreamWriter.Write(StreamReader.ReadToEnd)
StreamWriter.Close()
StreamReader.Close()
webRes.Close()

Let me know how you get on!
Rob