Downloading Files

[Dylan van Heerden]

Hi all How would I go about downloading files from the internet for example a zip file, using windows forms? Would I be using webservices? Thanks

[Rei Miyasaka]

HttpWebRequest[^]. Try the sample code here[^].

[Sebastian Schneider]

Well, there are quite some ways to do this. Sit 1: You want to create some "auto-update" functionality. You could then run a "server"-program on a machine and have your client connect to that machine using whatever you think would be the best approach (e.g. sending "GET LATEST" and receiving a bytestream), all implemented by yourself. Sit 2: You want to download a certain file that is NOT provided by you. You would THEN have to use (and perhaps implement) the protocol used to retrieve that file. TCP / UDP sockets are readily available in the .NET FW, as are some "more detailed" implementations, which you might choose depending on where you plan to retrieve the file from. Without more information, thats all I can say.