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Bob_42
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Posted: 21st Oct 2006 00:17
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is it possible to make a program that can download things from the internet if the link is specified, i was just trying to make a simple program that would download the first file and once that was completed the next would start..

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indi
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Posted: 21st Oct 2006 02:50
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you could establish an ftp link from a server

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Bob_42
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Posted: 21st Oct 2006 16:16
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i'm not entirley sure how to use these functions, as i have never had to use them, how would i go about using the direct download link to download the file?

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Lukas W
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Posted: 21st Oct 2006 23:51
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Hello,

i wrote a function for this when i was developing Game Manager.

here is the function:


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Bob_42
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 00:24 Edited at: 22nd Oct 2006 01:34
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it works exactly like i want, except for one small fact, i tried downloading a rmvb file, and it won't play, i thought it may have just been a bad file, so i downloaded it the normal way and it works, so does this not work for all file types?

EDIT: i've been doing a little research into the dll used, and i haven't found that this i limitation to the file types that can be downloaded, and there is certainly nothing in the code that would prevent it from downloading properly, any idea why this isn't working?

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Gamer Making
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 20:41
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Exactly how can you know how to make a obkect if you might not know the code like this is one example load "gambit 7.bmp",1

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Gamer Making
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Posted: 22nd Oct 2006 20:43
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lucas that is a cool code!How did you make that code up?

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Bob_42
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Posted: 23rd Oct 2006 01:30
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i just tried downloading a different file type from the same site, and it worked, so that obviously not the problem...

is there a limitation to the file size, because that might explain the blank file, it stops downloading after a certain amount of time, i'm probably sounding really stupid, but my stupidity may get some answers XD

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Lukas W
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Posted: 23rd Oct 2006 10:00
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Quote: " lucas that is a cool code!How did you make that code up?"

i searched this forum.
it was originally written by somebody else, i just added the forumla to get filename$

Bob_42,
never heard of a rmvb file.

you can take a look at this, maybe this will help:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=77150&b=18
it uses "wininet.dll" and write to a memblock. so you would get a progress bar, total file size etc.
though that is dbpro code.

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Bob_42
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Posted: 23rd Oct 2006 17:22
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rmvb is just a realplayer file...

and i wish i had DBP, but sadly i have no money so spare ATM

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Bob_42
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Posted: 24th Oct 2006 01:29
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just had a thought, is it possible to let DB communicate with another program, i.e. make another program download the file?

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