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How do I (in vb6) download a pdf which is inside a frame in a webpage?

Asked by JeffreyDurham in Visual Basic Programming

Dear Experts,

A webpage which I use has a pdf inside one of the frames. The frames name is: mainFrame. My goal is to save the file out of the frame onto my harddrive. How can I access it through the myExplorer.document.<?>
?

Normally, I would simply navigate to the url that is the innerframe, but in this case, that solution doesn't work. I'm not entirely sure why but I believe it's because the frame points to an asp page which in turn serves up the file.
Because of this I can't use URLDownloadToFile() either, because the url doesn't resolve to the file.

Other questions I really wanted to know, where since the frame is /loading/ another webpage, my waitForWeb() routine is failing, as it is testing for the other page to load (I think). How do I test for when the frame is done loading, so I know when the file is there?

Following is my routine for waiting on the web..

Public Sub waitForDoc2(ByRef mywebobj As shdocvw.InternetExplorer)
    Dim counter, timeStart As Date, timeEnd As Date
    timeStart = Now(): timeEnd = DateAdd("s", 15, timeStart)
    On Error GoTo waitfordocerr
    While mywebobj.Busy = True
        DoEvents
    Wend
    Do
        counter = counter + 1
        If timeEnd > Now() Then Exit Do
        DoEvents
    Loop Until mywebobj.document.readyState = "complete" 'Or mywebobj.document.readyState = "interactive" And mywebobj.hwnd > 0
    While mywebobj.document.body Is Nothing
        counter = counter + 1
        If counter > 5000 Then Exit Sub
        DoEvents
    Wend
    Exit Sub
waitfordocerr:
    myFuncs.pauseProgram 3
    If Err.Description = "The remote server machine does not exist or is unavailable" Then
        Err.Clear
        Set mywebobj = New shdocvw.InternetExplorer
    End If
End Sub

So, ideally, I would like to access it off my web object directly? And I need to know when it's finished loading. Any ideas?

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