>>>Hi there, I'm trying to use the URLDownloadToFile function to get the exact time from the web but i noticed that i can read the url i want just for the first time then, what i get is always the same page unless i quit vfp and launch it again.
>>>Is there a way to avoid that ?
>>>
>>>Thank you
>>>Alessio
>>
>>Try this instead

>>LcString=getdatafromurl(yourURL)
>>
>>Function getdatafromurl
>>   Lparameters pcUrlName
>>   Declare Integer InternetOpen In wininet.Dll String sAgent, ;
>>      INTEGER lAccessType, String sProxyName, ;
>>      STRING sProxyBypass, Integer lFlags
>>
>>   Declare Integer InternetOpenUrl In wininet.Dll ;
>>      INTEGER hInternetSession, String sUrl, String sHeaders,;
>>      INTEGER lHeadersLength, Integer lFlags, Integer lContext
>>
>>   Declare Integer InternetReadFile In wininet.Dll Integer hfile, ;
>>      STRING @sBuffer, Integer lNumberofBytesToRead, Integer @lBytesRead
>>
>>   Declare short InternetCloseHandle In wininet.Dll Integer hInst
>>
>>   #Define INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG 0
>>   #Define INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_DIRECT 1
>>   #Define INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PROXY 3
>>   #Define SYNCHRONOUS 0
>>   #Define INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD 2147483648
>>   #Define CR Chr(13)
>>
>>   Local lsAgent, lhInternetSession, lhUrlFile, llOk, lnOk, lcRetVal, lcReadBuffer, lnBytesRead
>>
>>* what application is using Internet services?
>>   lsAgent = "VPF 5.0"
>>
>>   lhInternetSession = InternetOpen( lsAgent, INTERNET_OPEN_TYPE_PRECONFIG, ;
>>      '', '', SYNCHRONOUS)
>>
>>* debugging line - uncomment to see session handle
>>* WAIT WINDOW "Internet session handle: " + LTRIM(STR(hInternetSession))
>>
>>   If lhInternetSession = 0
>>      Wait Window "Internet session cannot be established" Time 2
>>      Return .Null.
>>   Endif
>>
>>   lhUrlFile = InternetOpenUrl( lhInternetSession, pcUrlName, '', 0, ;
>>      INTERNET_FLAG_RELOAD, 0)
>>
>>* debugging line - uncomment to see URL handle
>>* WAIT WINDOW "URL Handle: " + LTRIM(STR(hUrlFile))
>>
>>   If lhUrlFile = 0
>>      Wait Window "URL cannot be opened"
>>      Return .Null.
>>   Endif
>>
>>   lcRetVal = ""
>>   llOk = .T.
>>
>>   Do While llOk
>>* set aside a big buffer
>>      lsReadBuffer = Space(32767)
>>      lnBytesRead = 0
>>      lnOk = InternetReadFile( lhUrlFile, @lsReadBuffer, Len(lsReadBuffer), @lnBytesRead)
>>
>>      If ( lnBytesRead > 0 )
>>         lcRetVal = lcRetVal + Left( lsReadBuffer, lnBytesRead )
>>      Endif
>>
>>* error trap - either a read failure or read past eof()
>>      llOk = ( lnOk = 1 ) And ( lnBytesRead > 0 )
>>   Enddo
>>
>>* close all the handles we opened
>>   InternetCloseHandle( lhUrlFile )
>>   InternetCloseHandle( lhInternetSession )
>>   Clear Dlls InternetOpen,InternetCloseHandle,InternetOpenUrl ,InternetReadFile
>>* return the URL contents
>>Return lcRetVal

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>THANKS ALL. WORKS JUST FANTASTIC. AND HOW QUICKLY. Thanks.

You're welcome. The code is not mine, though.