VB6 Async DownloadAuthor: Dave Date: 07.13.11 - 3:31am Downloading files in VB6 usually entails either using the Synchronous UrlDownloadToFile Api (which completely hangs your interface until the download completes), some messy code and an external control, or a mountain of error prone code and the winsock control. Turns out MS has a very slick way of doing async downloads already built in and requiring no external Api or controls! How could this be hidden from me for so long?! This is a thing of beauty. Read it and weep for joy. I know i did. How To Use the AsyncRead Method to Download Files - August 2004 MSDN Page AsyncRead Method Comments: (0) |
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