ReceiveHTTPFile vs UrlDownloadToFile (Win XP)

[bobobo]

i stumbled upon when trying to get some wikipedia-content

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url.s="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Hauptseite"
lokalu.s="D:\!\testu.log"
lokalr.s="D:\!\testr.log"
;lokal.s="D:\!\schnasel.log"
InitNetwork()
ReceiveHTTPFile(url,lokalr) ; lokalr will be empty , no success with receiveHTTPFile 

URLDownloadToFile_(0,url,lokalu,0,0); lokalu is ok 

OpenFile(0,lokalr)
While Eof(0)=0
Debug ReadString(0)
Wend
CloseFile(0)

does somebody have a explanation?
maybe a bug?

[AND51]

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Debug CheckFilename("D:\!\testu.log")     ; returns zero!??

This code might be related to your problem. An exclamation mark can be used as single character for a directory name (tested on Vista).

[bobobo]

thanks .. no .. the file exists , but it's empty

ReceiveHTTPFile can't download this Website (i had no success with downloading anything of the wikipedia with ReceiveHTTPFile)

urldownloadtofile_(..) can download it.
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nochmal auf deutsch : ReceiveHTTPFile hat scheinbar ein Problem mit
WikipediaSeiten, UrldownloadtoFile hat dieses Problem nicht.

[X360 Andy]

same problem with youtubelinks
ReceiveHTTPFile -> debugs = 0
urldownloadtofile_ -> debugs = 1