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Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib &quot;urlmon&quot; Alias &quot;URLDownloadToFileA&quot; (ByVal pCaller As Long, ByVal szURL As String, ByVal szFileName As String, ByVal dwReserved As Long, ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long<br />
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Function DownloadToFile(URL As String, Path As String)<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Dim fName As String<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; myPath = &quot;c:\&quot; ' you path to download to<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; fileName = &quot;myExe.exe&quot;<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; URLDownloadToFile 0&amp;, URL, myPath &amp;&nbsp;fName, &amp;H10, 0&amp;<br />
End Function<br />
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Private Sub Form_Load()<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; DownloadFile yourUrl<br />
End Sub
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Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias "URLDownloadToFileA" (ByVal pCaller As Long, ByVal szURL As String, ByVal szFileName As String, ByVal dwReserved As Long, ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long

Function DownloadToFile(URL As String, Path As String)
    Dim fName As String
    myPath = "c:\" ' you path to download to
    fileName = "myExe.exe"
    URLDownloadToFile 0&, URL, myPath & fName, &H10, 0&
End Function

Private Sub Form_Load()
    DownloadFile yourUrl
End Sub

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Maybe I should have said I'm using vb 5.0...does this make a difference? This doesn't seem to work.<br />
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I'm guessing on theload, it should be DownloadToFile and then my url, correct?
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Maybe I should have said I'm using vb 5.0...does this make a difference? This doesn't seem to work.

I'm guessing on theload, it should be DownloadToFile and then my url, correct?

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Thanks a ton, kind of scary this can be done so easily...shouldn't some security setting prohibit this?
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Thanks a ton, kind of scary this can be done so easily...shouldn't some security setting prohibit this?

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No trouble, leave some feedback if you like :)
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No trouble, leave some feedback if you like :)

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I want to be able to download an executable from an internet site into a specified folder. I want to have my cake and eat it to in that I don't want to decrease my security settings, yet I also don't want to see any warnings. Can this be done?
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I want to be able to download an executable from an internet site into a specified folder. I want to have my cake and eat it to in that I don't want to decrease my security settings, yet I also don't want to see any warnings. Can this be done?

Programatically download EXE from web into specified directory.

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