Downloads data from a resource with the specified URI to a local file.

[Visual Basic]
Public Sub DownloadFile( _
   ByVal address As String, _
   ByVal fileName As String _
)
[C#]
public void DownloadFile(
 string address,
 string fileName
);
[C++]
public: void DownloadFile(
 String* address,
 String* fileName
);
[JScript]
public function DownloadFile(
   address : String,
 fileName : String
);

Parameters

address

The URI to download data from.

fileName

The name of the local file to receive the data.

Exceptions

Remarks

The DownloadFile method downloads data from the URI specified by in the address parameter to a local file.

If the BaseAddress property is not empty, address must be a relative URI that is combined with BaseAddress to form the absolute URI of the requested data. If the QueryString property is not empty, it is appended to address.

Example

[Visual Basic, C#, C++] The following example downloads a file from http://www.contoso.com to the local hard drive.

[Visual Basic] 
Dim remoteUri As String = "http://www.contoso.com/library/homepage/images/"
Dim fileName As String = "ms-banner.gif"
Dim myStringWebResource As String = Nothing
' Create a new WebClient instance.
Dim myWebClient As New WebClient()
' Concatenate the domain with the Web resource filename. Because DownloadFile 
'requires a fully qualified resource name, concatenate the domain with the Web resource file name.
myStringWebResource = remoteUri + fileName
Console.WriteLine("Downloading File ""{0}"" from ""{1}"" ......." + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Cr, fileName, myStringWebResource)
' The DownloadFile() method downloads the Web resource and saves it into the current file-system folder.
myWebClient.DownloadFile(myStringWebResource, fileName)
Console.WriteLine("Successfully Downloaded file ""{0}"" from ""{1}""", fileName, myStringWebResource)
Console.WriteLine((ControlChars.Cr + "Downloaded file saved in the following file system folder:" + ControlChars.Cr + ControlChars.Tab + Application.StartupPath))

[C#] 
string remoteUri = "http://www.contoso.com/library/homepage/images/";
string fileName = "ms-banner.gif", myStringWebResource = null;
// Create a new WebClient instance.
WebClient myWebClient = new WebClient();
// Concatenate the domain with the Web resource filename.
myStringWebResource = remoteUri + fileName;
Console.WriteLine("Downloading File \"{0}\" from \"{1}\" .......\n\n", fileName, myStringWebResource);
// Download the Web resource and save it into the current filesystem folder.
myWebClient.DownloadFile(myStringWebResource,fileName);        
Console.WriteLine("Successfully Downloaded File \"{0}\" from \"{1}\"", fileName, myStringWebResource);
Console.WriteLine("\nDownloaded file saved in the following file system folder:\n\t" + Application.StartupPath);

[C++] 
String* remoteUri = S"http://www.contoso.com/library/homepage/images/";
String* fileName = S"ms-banner.gif", * myStringWebResource = 0;
// Create a new WebClient instance.
WebClient* myWebClient = new WebClient();
// Concatenate the domain with the Web resource filename.
myStringWebResource = String::Concat(remoteUri, fileName);
Console::WriteLine(S"Downloading File \" {0}\" from \" {1}\" .......\n\n", fileName, myStringWebResource);
   // Download the Web resource and save it into the current filesystem folder.
   myWebClient->DownloadFile(myStringWebResource, fileName);
Console::WriteLine(S"Successfully Downloaded File \" {0}\" from \" {1}\"", fileName, myStringWebResource);
   Console::WriteLine(S"\nDownloaded file saved in the following file system folder:\n\t {0}", Application::StartupPath);

[JScript] No example is available for JScript. To view a Visual Basic, C#, or C++ example, click the Language Filter button in the upper-left corner of the page.

Requirements

Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family, Common Language Infrastructure (CLI) Standard

See Also

WebClient Class | WebClient Members | System.Net Namespace