FTP/HTTP or something else

If I want to download a file from the internet, What controls do I use and please post the code to use with them.

If I want to upload afile from the internet, What controls do I use and please post the code to use with them.

To download a file from the Internet with IE, use the DoFileDownload api function:

Code:

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Private Declare Function DoFileDownload _
Lib "shdocvw.dll" (ByVal lpszFile As _
String) As Long

Private Sub Command1_Click()

  Dim sDownload As String

  sDownload = StrConv("http://www.site.com/downloads/file.zip", vbUnicode)
  Call DoFileDownload(sDownload)

End Sub

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what if I want it to download a file without anyone seing that stupid window!

You can use the URLDownloadToFile api function to do this.

Code:

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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

Public Function DownloadFile(URL As String, _
    LocalFilename As String) As Boolean

    Dim lngRetVal As Long
   
    lngRetVal = URLDownloadToFile(0, URL, LocalFilename, 0, 0)
   
    If lngRetVal = 0 Then DownloadFile = True

End Function


Usage

MsgBox DownloadFile("http://www.vb-world.net", "c:\vbworld.htm")

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DId you have this problem use the recommended coding for background downloading file from internet to local drive.
Error message as follow:-
" can't find DLL entry point URLdownloadtofile in urlmon"
Anyone have similar problom and how to solve it.
My operating system is windows2000, did this windows related problem?

Thanks