Change firefox default download location using C#

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In my application I used firefox to download a file from a server. But I dont know how to change the default download location through my C# code. Is it impossible??
Can someone please help me?? urgent

Thanks

Posted 4-Jun-12 18:42pm

Dhanushka Madushan lk

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Jun-12 0:44am

I wonder why?
--SA

Dhanushka Madushan lk 5-Jun-12 0:50am

I need to store these files in a specific folder. If I do it manually all the files will go that folder. Thats why I have to change the path in my code and reset after I done..
Can u please help me

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Jun-12 0:53am

Yes. Please see my answer. This is pretty easy to do.
--SA

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-04T18:49:00

I see no sense in using Firefox. This is the same as scratching your right ear with you left foot.

To download a file, you just need to use System.Net.HttpWebRequest. Please see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.httpwebrequest.aspx[^].

In case you may need to authenticate with some credentials, here is the download code sample:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4699938/how-to-download-the-file-using-httpwebrequest-and-httpwebresponse-classcookies[^].

Another option is using the class System.Net.WebClient and one of its download methods. Please see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.net.webclient.aspx[^].

The WebClient methods are simplified, but without advanced functionality possible with HttpWebRequest.

—SA