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    Question Help with I/O

    I'm working on a program to extract the flash file locations from a web page. I can get the ifstream working for a local file, but the second I introduce the http protocol, it doesn't. Maybe I'm using the completely wrong method. Please Help!

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    ifstream objects only read local files.

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    how can I read an internet file then?

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    What O/S are you using?

    You need to create a socket object of some sort, bind a port, connect to the server, download the file, and then analyze. C++ does not currently support this within the standard library. It's O/S specific. It's not a task for a newbie.

    You could probably find libraries that support doing this kind of stuff for you, however, so it might be easier if you go that route.

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    I'm using Windows.

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    Winsock is the socket system you need to write for if you want to do it natively and completely manual:

    Google: Winsock tutorial

    Otherwise, look for libraries. I haven't really looked into boost, but heck, it seems to have a lot of features.

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    Use asio if you're going to use boost.

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