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pushing content to cell phones

I am working on a photo site and one of more active users (the jon skeet of the site ;) asked about pushing content to cell phones. The site is built on django, and I was wondering if anyone knows a good way of allowing users to download and store content (images) on their cell phones? As a side question... is it possible to accept paym...

Downloading files

Hello, I am using asp.net/C#. I have a url to a folder on a remote server. In that folder are images that are all .jpgs. I don't know the names of the files, just that they are all .jpgs. How do I download all the .jpg images using asp.net/C# to a folder on my local hard drive. Just to clarify. I am pulling files from a remote server a...

Sending large files reliably in PHP

Hi I have a php script on a server to send files to recipents: they get a unique link and then they can download large files. Sometimes there is a problem with the transfer and the file is corrupted or never finishes. I am wondering if there is a better way to send large files Code: $f = fopen(DOWNLOAD_DIR.$database[$_REQUEST['fid']][...

Set timeout for webClient.DownloadFile()

I'm using webClient.DownloadFile() to download a file can I set a timeout for this so that it won't take so long if it can't access the file? ...

Flash: Download Dialog box

When a user clicks a certain link which contains an image that should be downloaded, the client wants a dialog box to appear. Currently we zipped the downloadable files, but there is not other way in achieving this than perhaps javascript right (or flash 10 filereference class)? ...

Managing Duplicate Downloads

At my firm, we mostly self-administer software installations on our individual machines. Often several users download the same file. Is there a tool which can be used to cache downloads and queue new download requests? I am looking for a solution where the user is informed about a previously downloaded copy if one exists locally but stil...

Downloading a text file in ASP.NET is appending the web page HTML!

Thanks to help I previously received on this forum I was able to get my asp.net web site to download all kinds of files to the client browser. For some odd reason, when I download text files, the HTML of the web page is being appended to the text! All other file types work fine! Here's the code that's doing the download: Public Sub...

Download files from a directory listing.

Is it possible to download all the files from a directory listing? Eg., the following link leads to a listing. http://www.arthika.net/1234TB/new/Kuruvi/ Please point me to some related API's to download all the files from such listings (if possible). Thanks ...

JAR multiple download

I have this code on an applet. The applet works ok, but I get a lot of unnecessary duplicate download. In particular, I have noticed that each "getResource" triggers a download of the .JAR file. static { ac = new ImageIcon(MyClass.class.getResource("images/ac.png")).getImage(); dc = new ImageIcon(MyClass.class.getResource("image...

How to return HTTPResponse from ASMX web service to consumer web page

I am working on an ASMX web service; trying to create a method that will download a document from a server and show the document in the browser (the calling .aspx web page). My service builds without error but I get the following error when I try to "Add Web Reference" in my Proxy class project: System.Web.HttpResponse cannot be seriali...

How can I download Yahoo Groups?

I want to download some Yahoo Groups (files, photos, messages, memberlist) and I've found these scripts: http://freshmeat.net/projects/grabyahoogroup/ http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=62034 I've downloaded ActivePerl and the needed modules from CPAN (nothing fancy; they're very easy to find). I've managed to ins...

Creating a PHP file that downloads all links from a certain site

I recently installed the add-on "DownThemAll" into my firefox and as I watched it download a huge amount of pk3 files(map files for an opensource First Person Shooter), I wondered if I could do the same with PHP. Here's what I'm thinking: foreach(glob("http://www.someaddress.ext/path/*.pk3") as $link) { //do something to download... ...

Where can I download an offline installer of Cygwin?

I need an offline installer with most of the utilities commonly needed. Somehow the default installer confuses me with all its package selection. I installed Cygwin but I can't find the diff utility after the installation. ...

How do I download a file with a non-HTML content type from within a browser?

I'm trying to use content negotiation to give both a HTML and a RDF/XML representation of a resource on a HTTP server. On the server side this works, i.e. curl -H "Accept: application/rdf+xml" http://localhost:8182/ontologies/1 will retrieve the correct version. I can also do the same with JavaScript/Dojo: function downloadOntologyRD...

Download an offline version of a webpage

Duplicate of Suggestions for a site ripper. Hi I need to download an offline version of an specific page. Including all images and CSS files. I need to recreate the entire webpage again in my server. Something running in the console would be great. Thanks ...

How to implement a secured download system?

What's the best way to implement a download system? It needs to be integrated with an asp.net application. I need the following features: Deliver files larger than 50mb Only users authorized by an asp.net login page can download Need to know if the user downloaded the whole file, or part of it Once the file is downloaded or canceled,...

Your Favorite Programming Book available for FREE download

Inspired by this SO question, that asks your favorite programming book, which is your favorite book that is available for FREE download. While I love to buy and read many of those books, I am now looking for books that i can RIGHT NOW download to my system, which I can read while traveling, during waiting for check-in etc. Here goes my...

implementing a download manager that supports resuming

hi, I intend on writing a small download manager in C++ that supports resuming (and multiple connections per download). From the info I gathered so far, when sending the http request I need to add a header field with a key of "Range" and the value "bytes=startoff-endoff". Then the server returns a http response with the data between th...

save image from php url using php

Hi, i need to save a image from a php URL to my pc. Let have a page "http://example.com/image.php" holding a single "flower" image, nothing else. How can i save this image from URL with a new name? [Using PHP] Pls help. ...

Generating a file, then launching a secure download

Working in an asp.net 2.0 (VB) environment, I already have code that can generate an excel file from a database for a particular "user" of the website. I want to be able to launch this report generator on demand, and then after the file has been generated, allow the user to download this file. How can I do this securely, and not just ...