> I would like to download a file via HTTP, how can I achieve that in a > platform independent way? What components to use and is there > some code suited for dummy's available.
If you don't mind using an external DLL, CurlPas is quite simple, and works on Linux, Windows, and possibly even Mac... ======================== program simple; uses curl_obj; var Curl:TCurl; begin Curl:=TCurl.Create(nil); Curl.URL:='http://www.freepascal.org/index.html'; Curl.OutputFile:='fpc.htm'; if ( not Curl.Perform ) then WriteLn(Curl.ErrorString); Curl.Free; end; ===================== And that's all there is to it! The library can automatically follow any redirects, deal with cookies, handle https and ftp downloads, etc, etc, etc... For more info, see: http://curlpas.sourceforge.net/ http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/ - Jeff _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
