A COM component offering Internet download utilities

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Introduction

A year ago I wanted to create a large multi-download program. I implemented the visual interface in VB6 and the actual download functionality in an ATL COM component. I used the URL monikers and specifically the CBindStatusCallback ATL class to implement downloading. Unfortunately the documentation for URL monikers is poor and I have only scratched the surface of this subject. I have not yet succeeded in implementing suspend and resume of downloads. The component also includes some other useful functions for cache access, URL and resolving of paths. I hope you'll find it useful. The figure above shows a small VB6 program that simultaneously downloads 3 files from the Microsoft download site.

Below there is a brief listing of the interface methods. In the source code zip file, you'll find also an HtmlHelp, created with my 'Automatic HTMLHelp Documentation' tool.

Object AsyncDownloader

Interface IAsyncDownloader
Name	Type	Explanation
AbortDownload	Method	Abort downloading (does not work)
ConcurrentDownloads	Property Get/Let	Number of concurrent downloads
DownloadedBytes	Property Get	Downloaded bytes yet
MaxBytes	Property Get	Maximum bytes to download
RequestDownload	Method	Request Download
ResumeDownload	Method	Resume Download (does not work)
Status	Property Get	Status of download (in progress, etc.)
SuspendDownload	Method	Suspend Download (does not work)
Event Interface _IAsyncDownloaderEvents
OnData	Event	Data arrived
OnFinish	Event	Finished downloading
OnStart	Event	Started downloading

Object CacheUtils

Interface ICacheUtils
Name	Type	Explanation
CrackUrl	Method	Crack Url into a UrlComponents object (host,path,etc.)
DownloadToFile	Method	Download URL To local file
MakeSureDirectoryPathExists	Method	Make Sure Directory Path Exists
PathCombine	Method	Combine paths
SaveURLfileFromCacheToLocalfile	Method	Save URL file From Cache To Local file
UrlCombine	Method	Url Combine

Object UrlComponents

Interface IUrlComponents
Name	Type	Explanation
ExtraInfo	Property Get/Let	ExtraInfo
FullURL	Property Get/Let	FullURL
HostName	Property Get/Let	HostName
Password	Property Get/Let	Password
Port	Property Get/Let	Port
Scheme	Property Get/Let	Scheme
UrlPath	Property Get/Let	UrlPath
UserName	Property Get/Let	UserName

Object PathUtils

Interface IPathUtils
Name	Type	Explanation
GetFullPathName	Method	Get Full PathName
GetModuleFileName	Method	Get Module FileName
GetShortPathName	Method	Get Short PathName
MakeSureDirectoryPathExists	Method	Make Sure Directory Path Exists
PathCanonicalize	Method	Path Canonicalize
PathCombine	Method	Path Combine
PathCommonPrefix	Method	Path Common Prefix
PathFindFileName	Method	Path Find FileName
PathIsDirectory	Method	Path Is Directory
PathIsFileSpec	Method	Path Is File Spec
PathIsPrefix	Method	Path Is Prefix
PathIsRelative	Method	Path Is Relative
PathIsRoot	Method	Path Is Root
PathIsSameRoot	Method	Path Is Same Root
PathIsUNC	Method	Path Is UNC
PathIsURL	Method	Path Is URL
PathMatchSpec	Method	Path Match Spec
PathQuoteSpaces	Method	Path Quote Spaces
PathRelativePathTo	Method	Path Relative Path To
PathRemoveArgs	Method	Path Remove Args
PathRemoveBackslash	Method	Path Remove Backslash
PathRemoveBlanks	Method	Path Remove Blanks
PathRemoveExtension	Method	Path Remove Extension
PathRemoveFileSpec	Method	Path Remove File Spec
PathRenameExtension	Method	Path Rename Extension
UrlCombine	Method	Url Combine