How to trigger IE's default file download behavior, having a IWebBrowser2 interface ptr?

Question

Hello,

Need to trigger a file download using the default IE's file download behavior -with a "save, run, cancel" popup, etc.

So far not much luck. Navigate2 just tries to read the whole thing, there's no Download() method and everybody on the interwebs is obsessed with custom download managers. What gives?

Thanks,
Yuriy

Answer 1

Any ideas, anyone?

Answer 2

Hello,

I found a thread with sample codes about custom download manager, I hope it can help you.
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ieextensiondevelopment/thread/7721c706-fa6e-489e-aa80-1f43f90bc7ef/

Best regards,
Jesse

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Jesse Jiang [MSFT]
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Answer 3

Thanks for your input, I did see that thread. My task is a bit different - I need to trigger, the default download manager, not implement a custom one. So far I don't see how I can forward a call from my custom one to the default one. Do you?

Yuriy

Answer 4

Yuriy Gettya wrote:

Thanks for your input, I did see that thread. My task is a bit  different - I need to*trigger*, the default download manager, not
implement a custom one. So far I don't see how I can forward a call  from my custom one to the default one.

Just return any failure HRESULT from IDownloadManager::Download.

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Igor Tandetnik

Answer 5

Hello Igor, I'm curious, are you making an educated guess or you know for sure it will not just fail?