Thread: Loading a file from a webpage

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    Loading a file from a webpage

    Is there an easy way to load a text file from a website addy to display in an edit box. like loading http://www.nowhere.com/test.txt

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    Using the urlmon library will allow you to use this function:
    Code:
    URLDownloadToFile(NULL, "http://www.nowhere.com/file.txt","file.txt", 0, NULL);
    Which is probably the easiest way to get a file of the web. Have a look at the source code here which does what you want to do.

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    I don't have that library or header file and their not in the zip file where do i get them from

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