How to download a file to a specific path in from a given url in a windows form?

Question

I need to download pdf files from a specified links(url) to a specific folder in a windows application using winforms please any one can suggest me with a solution.

Answer 1

using System.Net;

using (WebClient webClient = new WebClient())
{
    webClient.DownloadFile("http://mysite.com/myfile.txt", @"c:\myfile.txt");
}

Answer 2

You can use the WebClient.DownloadFile method, available since .NET 2.0. It is usable from any type of application, not just Winforms.

You should be aware that DownloadFile blocks until the entire file finishes downloading. To avoid blocking you can use the WebClient.DownloadFileAsync method that will download in the background and raise the DownloadFileCompleted event when downloading finishes

Answer 3

You could just "search the web" (aka google) for "C# download file", and end up with this simple MSDN example (modified to fit your specific question):

string remoteUri = "http://www.test.com/somefile.pdf";
string fileName = "c:\\targetfolder\\somefile.pdf";

WebClient myWebClient = new WebClient();
myWebClient.DownloadFile(remoteUri,fileName);