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Asked: 2026-05-26T03:43:19+00:00

Thinking of something like an MFC application, with one button – Download User selects

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Thinking of something like an MFC application, with one button – “Download”

  • User selects download and then is prompted for the location of where the file will be saved.
  • Connects to the remote ftp server (login, ip, file to GET all hard coded)
  • Displays a status bar of how much of the file has been downloaded.

Which Windows API would best support this entire application in C or C++? (looking to keep it as simple and straightforward as possible)

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  1. Editorial Team
    • User selects download and then is prompted for the location of where the file will be saved.

    You’ve got the Common File Dialog for that. MFC has a wrapper.

    • Connects to the remote ftp server (login, ip, file to GET all hard coded)

    There’s the WinInet API, which includes function such as FtpGetFile

    • Displays a status bar of how much of the file has been downloaded.

    If you need to report progress, use FtpOpenFile instead and read chunks using InternetReadFile. Windows progress bars are created with CreateWindow and controlled with SendMessage.

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