(Visual Basic 6.0) HTTP Download any Type of File (binary or text)

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The Download method can download any file type, whether binary (e.g., .zip, .pdf) or text (.xml, .txt), without distinction. It streams the file byte-for-byte from the web server exactly as received. This same process applies to web pages: providing a URL typically viewed in a browser downloads the server's delivered HTML to a file.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads

ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

Dim success As Long
success = 0

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
http.KeepResponseBody = 1

' Download a .zip
Dim localFilePath As String
localFilePath = "/temp/hamlet.zip"
success = http.Download("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.zip",localFilePath)
Dim statusCode As Long
statusCode = http.LastStatus
If (success = 0) Then
    If (statusCode = 0) Then
        ' Unable to either send the request or get the response.
        Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Else
        ' We got a response, but the status code was not in the 200s
        Debug.Print "Response status code: " & statusCode
        ' Examine the response body.
        Debug.Print "Response body:"
        Debug.Print http.LastResponseBody
    End If

    Debug.Print "Download failed."

Else
    Debug.Print "Download success, response status = " & statusCode
End If

' Download an XML file:
localFilePath = "/temp/hamlet.xml"
success = http.Download("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/hamlet.xml",localFilePath)
' ...
' Check for errors in the same way as shown above..
' ...

Debug.Print "OK!"