Re: Component/program for downloading data/statistics from the web?

"Ben Crain" wrote:
> predicting, but I'm at a loss on how to get the required data (updated
> each week) into the program.

If your data is available on the Web, you can download it using the WinInet
API (I'm using it in RTC components for the client-side), which is the
simplest thing to handle from Delphi, without the use of any third-party
communication component set. I'm sure you can find a lot of examples for
using WinInet API with Google. This would keep your components independent
from any other third-party tools, while you eliminate any proxy and firewall
problems (WinInet API uses IE settings to go through proxy servers). Just
search for "wininet download" in Google and you will find tons of examples
for using the WinInet API to download files.

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Danijel Tkalcec
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