Syntax

WebGet,<FileToDownload>,<FileOnDisk>[,MD5][,Ask][,Timeout]]

Use this function to download files from a network server to the local machine.

• It is assumed that both machines (local and remote) are prepared for this operation.
• No checks are done to ensure that the local machine is online or that is has enough disk space to download the file.
• The remote server must also be accessible and the file must be available for download.
• Only direct download links are accepted, dynamic internet pages are not valid.

MD5 check is an additional parameter that can be added to ensure that your file matches a security check based on the MD5 hash calculation.

• This is an optional parameter, only needed for cases when it is important to only accept a file that passes on this download integrity test.
• If a file fails this test it won't be copied over to the final destination as FileOnDisk.

The optional parameters of Ask and Timeout are only used if enabled , and if enabled, will display a question dialog box, and wait for a response. This can be used to let the user skip over a download operation.

• To use this feature, the line "Ask before WebGet" in the Winbuilder Tab TOOLS\OPTIONS has to be checked.
• To use optional timeout, the line "Use Timeout when asking" in the Winbuilder Tab TOOLS\OPTIONS has to be checked.

If the target filename folder doesn't exist, it will be created. If a file already exists it will be overwritten (read WebGetIfnotExist for alternative behavior)

Example:

In this example we download the file iview423.zip from server foo.com to the folder c:\IrfanView\iview423.zip

• only if MD5sum is fd490d07cc236cb44ef29abfd9daf13d
• with a question dialog's text string displaying 'ZIP-file'
• and automatically accept the dialog (i.e. timeout) after 10 seconds

WebGet,http://foo.com/iview423.zip,c:\IrfanView\iview423.zip,fd490d07cc236cb44ef29abfd9daf13d,ZIP-file,10