CHttpDownloadDlg v1.03

Introduction

History

• First public release.

V1.01 (15 November 1999)

• Updated documentation to refer to what rc resources are needed by the class.
• Renamed all resources used from ASYNC_DOWLOAD to include HTTPDOWNLOAD.
• Now handles HTTP error 407 (Proxy Authentication) and HTTP error 401 (Server Authentication). You are prompted with a password dialog when either of these forms of authentication are required.
• Sample program now allows you to specify the URL to download from as well as the file to download into and the username and password to connect with.
• The download file is now deleted if the download was aborted or if some other error occurs during the download.
• Parsing of URL will now work where "http://" is not explicitely specified.
• Improved the general look and feel of the demo app and called it "HTML File Downloader".

V1.02 (29 November 1999)

• Fixed a number of compiler warnings and errors when used in VC++ 6.0.

V1.03 (25 January 2000)

• Fixed a problem where server authentication was not being detected correctly, while proxy authentication was being handled.
• Updated the way and periodicity certain UI controls are updated during the HTTP download.

Usage

CHttpDownloadDlg dlg;
dlg.m_sURLToDownload = _T("http://www.some-site.com/somefile.ext");
dlg.m_sFileToDownloadInto = _T("c:\\somfile.ext");
if (dlg.DoModal() == IDOK)
   AfxMessageBox("File was downloaded successfully");

You should also have a look at the CInetDownloadDlg::OnDownload() code in the sample application.

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