>I have an executable file that resides on a website that I'd like to download and run. If I use the following syntax:
>
>LOCAL oLink AS Hyperlink
>oLink=CREATEOBJECT("HyperLink")
>oLink.NavigateTo("http://www.somewhere.com/Downloads/setup.exe")
>
>My browser (IE7) popus up briefly then disappears leaving a "File Download" dialog from which I can choose to Run, Save or Cancel. While this works, I find it rather annoying that the browser has to flash the way it does.
>
>Does anyone know if this behaviour can be suppressed?
>
>TIA
>Mike

Use this function instead

Function getfilefromurl
   Lparameters lcRemoteFile,lcLocalFile
   Local lnReturn
   Declare Integer URLDownloadToFile In urlmon.Dll;
      INTEGER pCaller, String szURL, String szFileName,;
      INTEGER dwReserved, Integer lpfnCB
   lnReturn = URLDownloadToFile (0, lcRemoteFile, lcLocalFile, 0, 0)
   Return lnReturn=0