Check AppStart - Auto-Update Application Starter File #21770. It includes all the functionality you want and more.

>My application requires to download some archives from the
>Internet, to update some bases of the users.
>
>These archives are in my server. The user must input the
>date and password and with that the server must know wich
>file to send to each user and also know if the user
>has the authorization to download the file.
>
>In Visual FoxPro wich is the best way to solve
>this problem?
>
>Thanks for any help.
>
>Regards
>
>FC