When I Download A File From Vb It Gets Corrupted

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the weird thing is, it worked before? this is my code

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Dim wc As WebClient = New WebClient()
       wc.DownloadFile("myfilehost\mods.zip", "mods.zip")

i download it from 4share

Posted 3-Nov-14 4:26am

Updated 3-Nov-14 4:28am

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E.F. Nijboer · Accepted Answer · 2014-11-03T04:53:00

First parameter should be the url and the second parameter the actual filename. You give the filename also in the URL. Check the example here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ez801hhe%28v=vs.110%29.aspx[^]

Good luck!

Posted 3-Nov-14 4:53am