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Downloader.SessionStartToFile method |
  
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Downloader.SessionStartToFile method |
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Remarks
Starts a download session of a remote file pointed by a URL and stores the downloaded file inside a given pathname using the same filename of the remote file.
A successful call to this method will fire the following sequence of events:
- the DownloaderSessionStarted event
- the DownloaderSessionPathname event
- a sequence of DownloaderSessionProgress events informing about the download advancement in percentage
- the DownloaderSessionCompleted event
In case the connection to the remote server or the access to the remote file should fail, the DownloaderSessionFailed would be invoked.
In case the connection should be stopped by the user through a call to the Downloader.SessionStop method, the DownloaderSessionStopped event would be generated.
For details about management of download sessions from HTTP and FTP servers, refer to the How to manage download sessions tutorial.
Syntax
[Visual Basic] control.Downloader.SessionStartToFile ( strURL as String, strUsername as String, strPassword as String, strDestinationPath as String, bDisableCache as enumBoolean ) as Long |
[C++] long control.Downloader.SessionStartToFile ( LPCTSTR strURL, LPCTSTR strUsername, LPCTSTR strPassword, LPCTSTR strDestinationPath, short bDisableCache ); |
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strURL |
String containing the URL pointing to the remote media file to download. Accepted Internet protocols for the passed URL must be of type HTTPS, HTTP or FTP. |
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strUsername |
String containing the username for accessing the server. Leave the string empty if the directory containing the remote file is not username protected. |
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strPassword |
String containing the password for accessing the server. Leave the string empty if the directory containing the remote file is not password protected. |
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strDestinationPath |
String containing the path on the local system where the downloaded file will be stored: the path must not contain the filename, indeed the same filename of the remote file will be used for creating the local file copy. In case the URL should not point to a file directly, the component will try to compose a filename using the latest folder of the URL and the ".download" extension; in this case, once the download session is started, you may verify the exact full pathname of the downloaded file by catching the DownloaderSessionPathname event. |
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bDisableCache |
Flag for determining if the usage of the Internet cache must be disabled or not. Supported values are the following:
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Return value
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Value >= 0 |
The method call was successful and the returned value is the unique identifier of the download session. |
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Negative value |
An error occurred: see the LastError property for error details or for a list of the possible error values. In case the error code should be ERR_DOWNLOADER_REMOTE_FILE_FAILURE or ERR_DOWNLOADER_LOCAL_FILE_FAILURE the Downloader.LastFileExceptionGet method would provide the nature of the error which may assume one of the following values:
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