Downloading a file from the web

[mikesena]

Hi Guys,

What's the best way to download a file from the web and save it to the disk in Progress?

I can get the data into a memptr from the web, so if someone knows how to output a memptr to a file that would work.

Thanks!
Michael

 

[mikesena]

Just an update, I now know how to put the memptr straight into a file, but I was wondering if there are any other libraries to use for http transactions. At the moment, I'm using libhttp.p from the standard libraries on oehive.org

 

[RealHeavyDude]

You don't say anything about your Progress/OpenEdge version. This is essential information.

If you're on OpenEdge 10 you could use the COPY-LOB, otherwise you need to everything yourself. You would need something like the GET-BYTES ( ) function to store portions (if it's larger than roughly 32K) the string on a character variable and write that out to a file.

Regards, RealHeavyDude.