Get file asp url.

[Sorwen]

I wasn't sure where to ask this I'm starting here and the vb.net forum. I'm using a program I create awhile back to download files froma vendor. Since they have no FTP connection I used the VB.Net browswer plugin to navagate to the location and download the files from links. The problem is they changed how it all works and instead of the page containing a link directly to a file it instead opens a new window that shows the file. If you do "save as" on the link it will save the file. Is ther some modification of the url I can do to actully get the file itself. I would assume there is since the "save as" works.

The link reads something like this:

https://subdomain.domain.com/path/ThisFile.aspx?File=filename.txt

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[jmeckley]

use an httprequest to get the httpresponse and save the response stream to file. from there you may need to remove noise from the file to get the data you require.

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[jmeckley]

try creating an httprequest to get the httpresponse save the response stream to file. then you can manipulate the file.

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[Sorwen]

Thanks, I'll give that a shot.

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[Sorwen]

I found the problem isn't with the at all link, but with the security. Now the problem is that I can't get anything including the httprequest to login and make a secure connection. Setting network credentials, uploading values, and passing the session cookies all fail. Still it is definitely a vb.net issue now so I'm asking over there. Thanks for pointing me in a direction as I was able to figure out where the issue was by getting the response.

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