As long as permissions are okay you could use the ActiveX Internet Transfer Control -or - "RUN" an FTP as a DOS cmd line (maybe). There's a cool WinInet Class in downloads. I forget who the contributor was - but it's well explained and you could use it (its a PRG).
HTH
>If I know the exact URL of a file (.EXE for example) is there a way to download it programmatically, without any human interaction (no Save As dialog, etc.)?
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