System.Net.Webclient

[Kt3]

What's the proper way to download a file off the Internet? I could use WebRequest or WebClient, which one am I better off using?

I want to build a progress bar for my downloader, so how can I do that? I tried using webclient.OpenRead but the stream I got back I couldn't seek through, so how the hell do I know how big a file off the Internet is supposed to be?

Can't really implement a progress bar until I know that now, can I?

Here's my crappy ass code that doesn't work.

Public Sub DownloadFile(ByVal fileUrl As String, ByVal saveTo As String, ByVal progress As ProgressBar)
 
        Dim client As New WebClient
        Dim myStream As Stream = client.OpenRead(fileUrl)
 
        progress.Visible = True
        progress.Maximum = CType(myStream.Length, Integer)
 
        'Dim sr As New StreamReader(myStream)
 
        Dim r As New BinaryReader(myStream)
        Dim fs As New FileStream(saveTo, FileMode.Create)
        Dim w As New BinaryWriter(fs)
 
        Dim i As Long, res As Byte, locate As Integer = 0
 
        For i = 0 To myStream.Length
 
            res = r.ReadByte()
            w.Write(res)
            progress.Value += 1
 
        Next i
 
        progress.Visible = False
        progress.Value = 0
 
        w.Close()
        fs.Close()
        r.Close()
 
        
    End Sub

[dynamic_sysop]

try this thread in the code bank ... retrieve image size+download with progressbar ( from the web )
it's a sample i made for downloading images with a progressbar , but can be used / modified for downloading files also.

[Kt3]

Thanks for the reply, that did the trick.