> The Dilemma:
> My firm requires downloading several files from different sites
(financial,
> such as Merrill {*filter*}) almost on a daily basis.  For each site, we go to a
> specific URL, enter user name and password, get directed to the proper
> download page to get the files we need and click on the hyperlink to begin
> the download.  Unfortunately, none of these downloads is via FTP, else the
> problem would be easier to solve.

> The Question:
> We want to automate this process using VB.  Can this be done?
> How can you pass user names and passwords, navigate to the correct page
> afterwards, initiate a download, keep track of its progress, download
> success, failure, etc... and save file to disk, all transparent to the
user?
> Are the solutions all the same if the target web is an ASP or JSP?

> PS:  Asking the target sites to make life easier (such as providing FTP
> access) is not an option.

> If you could just be set in the right directions or provide some code
> samples, it would be much, much appreciated.

> Jonas Worther
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