Whats the best/easiest way to (synchronously) download a file from the internet?

Without ever getting a cached copy?

use the URLDOWNLOADTOFILE API, and append a cahce-busting string to the end of the url:

where:
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.php?t=458435

becomes:
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...58435&jnk=3535

either use rnd to generate a random string, or use
timer*100

i believe there might be a way to prevent caches with an argument to the API call, but i don't know what it is.

vb Code:

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 Url2File(URL As String, _
    LocalFilename As String) As Boolean
    Dim lngRetVal As Long
    lngRetVal = URLDownloadToFile(0, URL, LocalFilename, 0, 0)
    
    If lngRetVal = 0 Then Url2File = True
End Function

Here is another manner using URLDownloadToFile and DeleteUrlCacheEntry:

http://vbnet.mvps.org/index.html?cod...ilenocache.htm