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"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message
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> ...
> > LPCSTR szAcceptTypes[] = { "*.*", NULL };
>
> That is wrong.  HttpOpenRequest() expects a media ContentType mask,
> not a filename mask.  At the verly least, you need to change *.*" to
> "*/*", ie:

...hmmm... both gave the same result. i wish i knew why.

>     LPCSTR szAcceptTypes[] = { "*/*", NULL };
>
> >       hHttpRequest = HttpOpenRequest( hHttpSession, "GET",
> szFileName,
> >                                       "HTTP/1.1", NULL,
> szAcceptTypes,
> >                                       INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0 );
>
> What exactly are you passing as the szFileName?  It needs to be a URL
> relative to the root of the server, not a local file path.

here's a sample call: DownloadFile("download.microsoft.com",
"/download/6/a/f/6af940c1-2774-4ebb-8546-2c83068af231/Windows2000-KB926247-x86-E
NU.EXE");

> Why are you passing the server name separately from the filename in the first
> place?

that's the way 'they' want.

> I suggest you use HttpQueryInfo() to retreive the size of the data
> before then entering the loop.

InternetQueryDataAvailable() is supposed to do that.

> That way you know when to stop looping properly.

if no (more) data avalable, dwBytesDownloaded will be set 0
by the InternetReadFile() call.