I got the source below from a third-party site explaining how to download a file from the internet using WinInet. I\'m not too familiar with API, and I took at
after fixing the types it looks better like this:
function GetContentLength(URLHandle:HINTERNET):Int64;
// returns the expected download size. Returns -1 if one not provided
var
SBufferSize, srv:Cardinal;
begin
srv:=0;
SBufferSize:=20;
if Not HttpQueryInfo(URLHandle, HTTP_QUERY_CONTENT_LENGTH or HTTP_QUERY_FLAG_NUMBER, {@SBuffer} @Result, SBufferSize, srv) then Result:=-1;
end;
to call it:
{get the file handle}
hURL:=InternetOpenURL(hSession, PChar(URL), nil, 0, 0, 0);
if hURL=Nil then
begin
InternetCloseHandle(hSession);
ShowMessage('The link is incorrect!');
exit;
end;
{get the file size}
filesize:=GetContentLength(hURL);