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• itprochris

  Have you tried

  My.Computer.Network.DownloadFile

  I'm not sure if its quicker but its pretty simple - takes two arguments, URL and destination file path

  
  

• gsylvest

  Is the URL one you are at liberty to disclose

  
  
  

• Susan Entwisle

  Have a look at the WebClient.DownloadFileAsync method, it downloads the file asynchronously in the background.

  Its typically not a good idea to attempt to contact a web server on the UI thread anyway.

  Are you sure that IE isn't downloading files from it's own cache, hence why it is fast

  
  
  

• James Lye

  Probably true but it doenst answere my question.
  
  There have to be a faster way cuz when i open my webbrower ( what take like 1sec ) and insert the Online-Text-File-Path i get the result in less then 50ms
  
  and yes i tried the my...... method .... same downtime
  
  vb.net should be able to get the content in this way.
  and asked for this way :P is there a possibility to use the http method without including a whole browser
  
  think all these commands using the webresponse-methode and this takes time. Hope there is a better way ... there have to be a better way... just check out the most auto-updater. all just checking for new version in like 1-2 seconds
  
  

• memnoch

  ok THX @ all who posted some tips, trick or information. Think im gonna use the asynch methode or building up my own requester with the socketclass.
  
  have a nice day
  

• Steve4125

   

  Or you could use httpWebRequest which will do the transfers asynchronously..

  You will have full control of the form because the download will be occuring asynchronously and in parallel with whatever else you are doing.

  I do not know what the time differential will be because I don't know where your bottle necks are.

  But running a webrequest would be a good test.....

  
  
  

• bsa

  You will have to consider what is actually taking time. There is some thing you are not able to control in this case.

  The time it takes to establish a connection to the server
  The time it takes to request the file from the server
  The time it takes to transfer the contents of the file

  This is probably what takes 20 seconds and you should be able to measure it by taking the time it takes to step from the DL.DownloadFile() line to the next.

  If it is about 20 seconds than that is where your bottleneck is. If this is the case your application can most likely do nothing to improve performance. You will need to look at the connection performance for your client and server.

  A 100kb file takes about 20 seconds on a 5kb/s connection, a 56k modem.

  
  
  

• Olivia Luo

  You always have the option to implement your own client using the TcpClient class.

  The overhead you are experiencing might be because you load a rich class like WebClient.

  
  
  
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