Using Programming Languages other than VBA

Sub Example_GetRemoteFile()
	' This example will prompt the user for a URL to download and will verify that
	' a proper URL was entered.  After downloading, the example will attempt to load
	' the downloaded URL as a drawing.
	'
	' * Note: Remember to delete the downloaded file from your disk drive when finished.

	Dim Utility As AcadUtility
	Dim URL As String, DestFile As String, FileURL As String

	Set Utility = ThisDrawing.Utility   ' Connect to Utility object

GETURL:
	' Prompt user for a URL to download.  This should be a URL to an AutoCAD drawing file.
	URL = InputBox("Enter the complete URL of the file you wish to download. " & _
					"Enter BROWSER to select the URL from a web browser", _
					"Enter URL To Download", URL)

	URL = Trim(URL)					 ' Get rid of blank spaces

	If URL = "" Then Exit Sub		 ' Did user cancel

	' Does the user want to select from a browser?
	If StrComp(URL, "BROWSER", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
		Utility.LaunchBrowserDialog _
		URL, "AutoCAD Browser", "Open", "http://www.autodesk.com", "ACADBROWSER", True
	
		GoTo GETURL	 ' Return to display chosen URL and allow modifications
	End If

	' Determine if user entered a valid URL; if not, prompt again
	If Not (Utility.IsURL(URL)) Then
		MsgBox "The URL you entered is not valid.  Make sure the syntax is a valid URL."
		GoTo GETURL
	End If
	
	' Download URL
	Utility.GetRemoteFile URL, DestFile, True

	' Display downloaded file information
	MsgBox URL & " was downloaded to: " & DestFile & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
		 "Press any key to attempt to load the new file as a drawing."

	' Attempt to load file as drawing; if an error occurs, this was probably not a drawing
	' file, but rather the text from a web page.
	' Try loading the downloaded file into a text editor to view the contents.
	On Error Resume Next
	ThisDrawing.Application.Documents.Open DestFile
	If Err.Number <> 0 Then
		MsgBox "Error loading downloaded file as a drawing: " & Err.Description & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
			 "This is probably not a valid drawing file!"
	End If
	On Error GoTo 0

	' Use IsRemoteFile to determine if this file was downloaded from a URL.
	' If it was, display the URL it was downloaded from
	'
	' * Note: Although the results that IsRemoteFile will return are already known
	' since the file was just downloaded it is important to know how this
	' method can be used.
	If Utility.IsRemoteFile(DestFile, FileURL) Then
		MsgBox "The file: " & DestFile & " is a downloaded file and was downloaded from: " & FileURL
	Else
		MsgBox "The file: " & DestFile & " is not a downloaded file."
	End If

End Sub