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Downloading Internet files
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14/02/2007 08:44:14
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Visual FoxPro
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COM/DCOM and OLE Automation
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01195397
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01195497
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>>>My methods are for HTTP, not FTP.
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>>I understand. But my question is if you were to decide between downloading a file via HTTP or FTP, which would you suggest? I need to have my customers download an update file, once in a while. And I am trying to see which method I should be using.
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>>Thank you.
>
>I am no FTP expert, but for FTP you need to have a FTP service running on the server, and you must specify user rights. With HTTP you only need to have the file(s) in a directory which you can address via a URL.

Thank you for your input.
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