 |  |  | Home Search What's New Index Books Links Q & A Newsletter Banners Feedback Tip Jar   |  |  |  | | |  | | | | MSDN Visual Basic Community | | |  | | |  | | | | | | | Title | Download a file from the web and save it with an arbitrary local file name in Visual Basic .NET |
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| Description | This example shows how to download a file from the web and save it with an arbitrary local file name in Visual Basic .NET. |
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| Keywords | download, download file, web, internet, WebClient, ftp, file transfer, Visual Basic, VB.NET |
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| Categories | Internet, Files and Directories |
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| | This is actually pretty easy using a WebClient object. First, add an "Imports System.Net" statement to the top of the file. The folowing code shows how the program responds when you click the Download button. | | Private Sub btnDownload_Click(ByVal sender As _ System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles _ btnDownload.Click Me.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor Application.DoEvents() Try ' Make a WebClient. Dim web_client As WebClient = New WebClient ' Download the file. web_client.DownloadFile(txtRemoteFile.Text, _ txtLocalFile.Text) MessageBox.Show("Done") Catch ex As Exception MessageBox.Show(ex.Message, "Download Error", _ MessageBoxButtons.OK, _ MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation) End Try Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default End Sub | | The code simply creates a WebClient object and invokes its DownloadFile method passing it the remote file's URL and the destination file's name. That's all there is to it! |  | |
