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get size with InternetOpenUrl

How can I get the size of the document I request with InternetOpenUrl ? InternetSetFilePointer SEEK_END does not work .
Thanks

mikeblas

Size information is genrally not available using this API. Seeking will only work if the file is already cached, and that's your only hope with this API.

You need to write your own code to use the lower-level APIs. If the file you're reading is a FTP file, you can get the file size by doing an FtpFileFind().

If the file is an HTTP resource, you _may_ be able to get the file size by querying for the "Content-Length" header.

..B ekiM

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ASKER

I already know the lower level http and ftp communication . The problem is that I don't want to embedd some kbs ( and change programming style ) to only know the size of the contents .

I saw that when opening FTP , the InternetOpenUrl gets the size using the SIZE FTP command . There must be a way.

mikeblas

Like I said, there isn't.

Good luck with your project.

..B ekiM

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chensu

>This will work 100%.

Try https://www.experts-exchange.com.

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ASKER

I used InternetOpenUrl with HttpQuery and it works . I know there are sites that do not return the content-length ( and what I mostly hate in the net is the failure of size information and restarting to a specific position ) . I checked the thing with EE and it won't work as chensu said . However , I do believe its a SDK bug and not an EE server bug .

chensu

>I do believe its a SDK bug and not an EE server bug.

Bug? You are such a good joker.