haba

Hi,

I'm trying to download a file using the WebClient.DownloadFile method. However, my url is of the type: http://somewebsite.com/download.htm?ID=14, and it doesnt work with that method, because it uses request ids.
Does anyone have any idea how I might get this to work?

Huge thanks!

haba

Nevermind, got that working.
However, I have another problem: I want to save the file in my computer with the name it has on the server... How can I do it?

Thanks again

lectricpharaoh

This request doesn't make sense. In many cases, such as with dynamic content, there is no actual file. Rather, a stream of data is generated on-demand by the server, and sent across to the client. In these cases, the data only exists in file form if it has been cached from an earlier request for the same content.

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haba

Ok, but even if it is so, when I try to go to that url using my browser, the download file window appears, and the file to download has a name and an extension.
Just doing WebClient.DownloadFile, I dont know the filename nor the extension.

PhilBon

Will you post how you solved the problem?

haba

The WebClient.DownloadFile worked afterall, I just did a mistake with the uri.