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Download File from Net

Downloads a file to the host's computer from the internet via api.

Assumes
This is useful for downloading files to the users computer for updates of the current program. This is the code i have used for this purpose.

API Declarations
Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias _
"URLDownloadToFileA" (ByVal pCaller As Long, _
ByVal szURL As String, _
ByVal szFileName As String, _
ByVal dwReserved As Long, _
ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long

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Private Declare Function URLDownloadToFile Lib "urlmon" Alias _
  "URLDownloadToFileA" (ByVal pCaller As Long, _
  ByVal szURL As String, _
  ByVal szFileName As String, _
  ByVal dwReserved As Long, _
  ByVal lpfnCB As Long) As Long
Public Function DownloadFile(URL As String, _
  LocalFilename As String) As Boolean
  Dim lngRetVal As Long
  
  lngRetVal = URLDownloadToFile(0, URL, LocalFilename, 0, 0)
  
  If lngRetVal = 0 Then DownloadFile = True
  
End Function
Private Sub Form_Load()
  DownloadFile "http://www.ksnet.co.uk", "c:\KSNET.htm"
End Sub