Download a file

Talk2Tom11

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Hey I wrote this code:

Code:
Imports System.Net

Code:
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        Dim wClient As New WebClient

        address of file to download
        Dim UpdateFile As String = "http://sitewithfile/1.txt"

        download file and folder to put it
        wClient.DownloadFile(UpdateFile, "C:\1.txt")
    End Sub

and when I run the program and click button 1 it gives me and error on this line:
wClient.DownloadFile(UpdateFile, "C:\1.txt")

If anyone knows what I did wrong please post
 
Does the file 1.txt already exist? IIRC i think you need to specify a file that doesnt already exist.
If not you may want to check if the file is in use and as such prevented from being over-written.
 
The web client only supports Http / https and not ftp. If you have a search in these forums you will find a couple of examples of downloading via ftp.
 
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