[RESOLVED] image from url

i'm trying to load an image from a url

Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture("http://www.google.com/ig/images/weather/mostly_sunny.gif")

its not working

LoadPicture expects phisical file be present in the file system. With url you will need either download image first to local files system or use webbrowser control instead of picturebox.

how do you save an image

i kinda got it just have to fix the webbrowser now to look like a picture not a browser

About the other approach (downloading the image first) URLDownloadToFile API is a good way to do it:

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

Private Sub Form_Load()
    DownloadFile "http://e2.cdn.qnsr.com/OzoDB/v/w/20174349/V1/RIA_300x250_MangoVids.jpg", "c:\pic.jpg"
    Me.Picture1.Picture = LoadPicture("c:\pic.jpg")
    Kill "C:\pic.jpg"
End Sub

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thanks that works good to