Thread: URLDownloadToFile<A/W>() does nothing

Hello,

I finally found the solution to how to link my gcc compiler to the urlmon library and to its respective header.

The thing is, when I call the function, it is as if it does nothing.
No file is downloaded to my PC, and, I call GetLastError() and it returns 0 .

I don't know if I am calling it correctly but, here is how I call it:

Code:

URLDownloadToFileW(NULL, "www.myurlhere.com/myfilehere.fileextension", "filename.fileextension", 0, NULL)

Here are my assumptions as to why this problem is occuring:

1. It might be because the header or library I found are corrupted; but, the compiler does not complain about this.

2. I am not passing the parameters of the function correctly. I assume this since the compiler complains that I am passing args 2 and 3 from incompatible pointer types.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

1. It might be because the header or library I found are corrupted; but, the compiler does not complain about this.

This is where my internal voice says "You've got bigger problems..."

2. I am not passing the parameters of the function correctly. I assume this since the compiler complains that I am passing args 2 and 3 from incompatible pointer types.

And your compiler is right. It's a W function, meaning it takes UTF-16 strings. Along the lines of:

Code:

URLDownloadToFileW(NULL, L"www.myurlhere.com/myfilehere.fileextension", L"filename.fileextension", 0, NULL)

Or, use the Unicode macros windows provides:

Code:

URLDownloadToFile(NULL, TEXT("www.myurlhere.com/myfilehere.fileextension"), TEXT("filename.fileextension"), 0, NULL)

...which will expand to either the A or W variant, depending on if UNICODE is #define'd.