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Download a file with one API call

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If you have Internet Explorer 5 or later version, you can use an API call to download a file from the Internet withouth displaying any message box.

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Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias _
  "URLDownloadToFileA" (ByVal pCaller As Long, ByVal szURL As String, _
  ByVal szFileName As String, ByVal dwReserved As Long, _
  ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long

Dim errcode As Long
Dim url As String
Dim localFileName As String

url = "http://www.binaryworld.net/Main/Articles/Lang1/Cat288/Code3574/code3574.zip"
localFileName = "c:\code3574.zip"

errcode = URLDownloadToFile(0, url, localFileName, 0, 0)
If errcode = 0 Then
  MsgBox "Download ok"
Else
  MsgBox "Error while downloading"
End If


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