Download Problem

[Mark Smith]

On 6 Feb 2005, at 00:06, use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:

> I am having a problem with downloading from a particular type of URL
> using Rev. It is a PDF document from the European Patent Office. One
> example of this type of URL is the following:
>
> https://publications.european-patent-office.org/PublicationServer/ 
> documentpdf.jsp?iDocId=228969&sDummyParam=.pdf
>

It probably is the https issue. AltBrowser may help, as may Runrevs   
ssl library, but you have to pay for both of those. I've had good luck  
with https stuff using a shell command in OS X, there is presumably  
something similar on Windows, and certainly on 'nixes. It would go  
something like:

put  
"https://publications.european-patent-office.org/PublicationServer/ 
documentpdf.jsp?iDocId=228969&sDummyParam=.pdf" into addr
put "binfile:" & "myDownloadedPDF.pdf" into fileName
put shell("curl" && quote & addr & quote) into URL fileName

I'm certainly no expert on this sort of thing, so others here may be  
able to refine it, but it worked for me, so it might for you.


Cheers,

Mark