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Behold
Hi folks, completely new here and to .NET for that matter.
I have an application I am working on as a learning experience which
downloads a file via HTTP from a web site into whatever directory I
choose. This is not the issue.
The issue(s) is/are that my form WILL NOT show until AFTER the
download is complete for some reason. I don't understand it at all.
If I use this->Visible = true, the form shows, but is frozen and
parts are greyed out.
Second issue is showing progress during the download. I would like to
update a progressbar while the file downloads. Can't figure this out
in VC++ 2005 .NET for some reason, heh. I am SURE I am missing
something fundamentally simple about it. Code snippet below...
Oh, and yes, I start the download when the form starts up. I do this
just for learning purposes, not for an application I plan on
deploying.
// Initialize WebClient
WebClient^ myClient = gcnew WebClient();
// Download a file...
myClient->Headers->Add("user-agent",
"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT;
5981.XZ34
");
Stream^ data =
myClient->OpenRead("http://www.mywebsite/downloads/testfile.txt");
StreamReader^ myReader = gcnew StreamReader(data);
String^ s = myReader->ReadToEnd();
myClient->DownloadFile("http://www.mywebsite.com/downloads/testfile.txt",
"testfile.txt");
textBox1->AppendText("Download
finished!\r\n");
data->Close();
myReader->Close();
That is basically what I have right now. I didn't include the
progressbar code attempt I had since I deleted it last night in a fit
of "man, I can't do this!" just before bed.
Any help on this is very much appreciated.
TIA,
Behold
I have an application I am working on as a learning experience which
downloads a file via HTTP from a web site into whatever directory I
choose. This is not the issue.
The issue(s) is/are that my form WILL NOT show until AFTER the
download is complete for some reason. I don't understand it at all.
If I use this->Visible = true, the form shows, but is frozen and
parts are greyed out.
Second issue is showing progress during the download. I would like to
update a progressbar while the file downloads. Can't figure this out
in VC++ 2005 .NET for some reason, heh. I am SURE I am missing
something fundamentally simple about it. Code snippet below...
Oh, and yes, I start the download when the form starts up. I do this
just for learning purposes, not for an application I plan on
deploying.
// Initialize WebClient
WebClient^ myClient = gcnew WebClient();
// Download a file...
myClient->Headers->Add("user-agent",
"Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT;
5981.XZ34
");Stream^ data =
myClient->OpenRead("http://www.mywebsite/downloads/testfile.txt");
StreamReader^ myReader = gcnew StreamReader(data);
String^ s = myReader->ReadToEnd();
myClient->DownloadFile("http://www.mywebsite.com/downloads/testfile.txt",
"testfile.txt");
textBox1->AppendText("Download
finished!\r\n");
data->Close();
myReader->Close();
That is basically what I have right now. I didn't include the
progressbar code attempt I had since I deleted it last night in a fit
of "man, I can't do this!" just before bed.
Any help on this is very much appreciated.
TIA,
Behold