getting a webpage to a file

[thegame8311]

I have seen many ways, but strictly I am using visual c++ not visual studio, I have seen URLDownloadToFile, wget and curl but I can't get any of them to work, here is my code:

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <urlmon.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <tchar.h>

using namespace std;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    HRESULT hr = URLDownloadToFile(NULL, _T("[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.nfl.com"),[/URL] _T("test2.html"), 0, NULL);
    cout << "hi" << endl;
    system("PAUSE");
    return 0;
}

 

[ArkM]

Alas, "can't get any of them to work" is not a question.
What's is the problem with your code?

Look at working (?) code example or ask true question:

http://forums.codeguru.com/showthread.php?threadid=347773

Are you sure that

http://www.nfl.com

is "a string value that contains the URL to download" (see MSDN URLDownloadToFile article)?
It's doubtful...

 

[thegame8311]

Sorry, here is the error that returns when I try to run that code

error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _URLDownloadToFileW@20 referenced in function _wmain

Also if I use the code from the link provided above i get this:

error C2664: 'URLDownloadToFileW' : cannot convert parameter 2 from 'const char [29]' to 'LPCWSTR'
1>          Types pointed to are unrelated; conversion requires reinterpret_cast, C-style cast or function-style cast

 

[ArkM]

The 1st problem:
Add urlmon.lib to your project. For example, see #pragma comment(lib... line in the code from the link above.

The 2nd one:
The code from the link above is not intended for UNICODE (see non-Unicode text literals). Set non-Unicode mode in your project or add L prefix to all text literals in the code.

 

[thegame8311]

ok, i got the first one to work, but now I am trying to use a variable as the second parameter.

HRESULT hr = URLDownloadToFile(NULL, plink, _T("test2.txt"), 0, NULL);

the variable is getting filled from a file and it does have a value

 

[ArkM]

You don't present any code filled link memory accessed via plink pointer. We can't see this memory object and/or plink variable declaration and definition. We know nothing about this call 2nd argument or this call return value...

May be it's a good time to turn for help of telepathic debugging service?

 

[thegame8311]

well i found out it was actual because I did not change from 'unicode' to 'Not Set'