file-download

How can I programmatically tell if a binary file on a website (e.g. image) has changed without downloading it?

How can I programmatically tell if a binary file on a website (e.g. image) has changed without downloading it? Is there a way using HTTP methods (in C# in this case) to check prior to fully downloading it? ...

Download prevention like RapidShare.com? hows is it working?

Hi, I want to prevent downloading the zip file from my site. Only allowed for some times(at the time of payment). How can it me possible to expire that link or somthing like that to prevent my zip files. How the rapidshare.com working? we can see the url but not possible to download ?? ...

C# code for downloading item, that checks text/binary, and gzip/non-compressed???

Hi, QUESTION: Anyone have some code they could post that will download a file from a URL/Link that will automatically handle: (a) binary or text based (b) gzip encoded BACKGROUND: I've been starting to do this but hitting hurdles. Like I was using WebClient however it seems it can't handle the gzip bit (need to drop back to HTTPWebR...

Dynamic download link algorithm

I have seen a couple of websites that have a dynamic download link. They ask for a valid email address and send the dynamically created download link to that address. E.X. www.mysite.domain/hashvalue1 But how they do that, since the file exists on the domain in a specific location? www.mysite.domain/downloads Is there any guide around...

Can I do a file upload to a web API using a web file as the source using streaming?

Hi, In C# rather than having to dowloading a file from the web using httpwebrequest, save this to file somewhere, and then upload to a webservice using a POST with the file as one of the parameters... Can I instead somehow open a reader stream from httpwebresponse and then stream this into the http POST? Any code someone could post t...

download more than one file from server on a single click (PHP, WAMP)

Hi, i am in a need to download more than one file from the server (PHP) on a single click. it is possible to download one file but didnt work for multiple file at a time (suppose files are in diff. directories). i am using WAMP, please help me. thanks and regards tismon ...

Download file over HTTPS in IE 5.5 / IIS 5.0

Hi, I desperately need help with this one. I have a classic ASP website in IIS 5, where I need to stream pdf to users. I am using ADODB.Stream to generate chunks of binary data and using response.BinaryWrite to stream it to client. Now problem is that there is a known feature in IE which sets the Response CacheControl header to "no-cach...

How to create a link that triggers file download?

When a user clicks a "Download PDF" link, I would like for the download prompt to appear and for the user to be able to download the file. Currently, the user is just transferred to the address of the PDF file. For example: <a..[what goes here??]..>Download PDF</a> It seems that there's a combination of JavaScript & PHP needed to do...

Winsock downloading files - vb6

Hi, I'm trying to use Winsock to download some files and save them. In my case, I have a MSHFlexGrid with 2 columns: one with URL and the other with the "path+filename" (where the file is going to be saved). I'm iterating through all rows calling the next function: Public Function DownloadSock(ArqURL As String, ArqDestino As String) As...

How to trigger onload event when downloading a file in an iframe?

Suppose we have the following HTML file: <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"&gt; <head> <title>Test iframe download</title> <script type="text/javascript"> var init = 0; function download() { document.getElementById("dload_frame").src = "http://example.com/dload.py"; } function alert() { if (init == 0) { init = 1; } ...

Ajax File download Issue

I am downloading a dynamic file in my application, simulating ajax using iframes. What I am doing is, when the download request is made, I will create a dynamic invisible iframe, and set the src of my iframe as the download url.I am able to successfully download the file, but the requirement is to show a download indicator once the down...

Image file download problem

Hello I am facing problem in downloading any image file from the server. I am able to upload them successfully and can open them from the location where they are uploaded and stored. When i download using my function the image files get downloaded fully, file size is also correct but when i open them i get an error No image preview !...

Core data, file downloads, and thread-safety

What's the preferred approach for constantly sharing data across threads when using Core Data? I am downloading a large file and want to show progress of the download in a UIProgressBar. The actual download is happening in a background thread created by NSOperation. The download information (local path, total bytes, bytes received) is ...

Progress Bar Of URLDownloadToFile

Hello, I'm using MASM to build a download program, but the thing is that i don't know how to use a progress bar to show the progress of the download, i'm using URLDownloadToFile like this: invoke URLDownloadToFile, NULL, chr$("http://masm32.masmcode.com/masm32/m32v10r.zip"), chr$("D:\test.zip"), 0, 0 Best Regards. ...

C++ How to download webpage to string without saving to disk - URLDownloadToFile not work

How to download webpage into string without saving this page to disk in C++? URLDownloadToFile MSDN function only saving page into disk. ...

Multipart Downloading in C#?

Please excuse my ignorance on the subject. I would like to write an application in C# that can download files off a server the same way DownThemAll does. DownThemAll seems to open four connections to the HTTP server to download the same file. I was just wondering if there are any existing libraries that might do this. Here is a quote f...

ZIP Files get corrupted by IE

I am delivering a ZIP file in 64k chunks using a loop in PHP (but the problem would arise with any server side language). When fetching the file with FF, everything goes just fine. When fetching the file with IE7, some bits get corrupted. This leads to an error message regarding wrong CRC (a hash) and some of the unzipped files end up ...

ASP.NET MVC: returning plaintext file to download from controller method

Consider the need to return a plain-text file from a controller method back to the caller. The idea is to have the file downloaded, rather than viewed as plaintext in the browser. I have the following method, and it works as expected. The file is presented to the browser for download, and the file is populated with the string. I'd lik...

start downloading file with ajax

Hello, I like to access my download.php with ajax, that way I can show a little downloadscreen in a div, BUT I have this in my htaccess file, that basicly says deny outside access for all pages. I forgot about it, while I was trying to access my download.php file with window.location = urlnieuw Is there a workaround for this problem...

how to know when download is finished

Hi I'm creating online shop. In this shope people online must be buy files with zip extension. They pay with their credit cards or other methods get key and download product. How can I know when they finish product download? Thanks ...