Android Question Unable to download zip files from your web since hard drive replacement.

[David J. Smith]

This is an odd one. I created an app in the first week of July which used a vbwifi library which I had downloaded from your website and had it working perfectly. A week later my hard drive became jammed and I had to replace it. Luckily I had made a full image backup of my C drive at the end of June and a data backup a week later. Since restoring both backups everything seems to be working well - except for the last app I modified before the HD failure. When I run b4android I get the error message "The following libraries are missing: vbwifi". In my last data backup I had forgotten to include my b4a library folder. All I had to do was to download the library file again - or so I thought. I believe the file was Files.zip by vb1992. When I tried to save this file after logging in it said the file name was "files-zip_12094/" and not files.zip. It would not let me save it even when I renamed it to files.zip. I tried downloading other files from your site and found the same thing. As far as I can tell I do not have any problem with any other programs or websites since restoring my image. Does anyone know what could have gone wrong? In particular I would like to restore the jar and xml files for vbwifi (I cannot remember the actual names of these files). Thank you.

 

[Erel]

I think that you are referring to this library: http://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/vbwep-1-0-library-wep.19623/

 

[David J. Smith]

I think that you are referring to this library: http://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/vbwep-1-0-library-wep.19623/

Thank you for your quick response, Erel. The actual one I am referring to is http://www.b4x.com/android/forum/th...validate-wifi-is-connected.18279/#post-105159. When I went to the library that you mentioned and clicked on VBwep1.1.zip to save it the file name was changed to "vbwep1-1-zip_12864/". Clicking save I received the message "the filename is not valid", which I would have expected. Then I renamed it in the Save As dialog to vbwep1.1.zip and received the message "vbwep1.1.zip couldn't be downloaded". The line of code I borrowed from files.zip for Sub Globals was "Dim mmm As VBConnect". Unfortunately I cannot read the file to confirm that this is the one I used.

 

[Erel]

I see a single file attached to this post named Files.zip. The file is not corrupted.

 

[David J. Smith]

When I click on Files.zip and then Save As the file box reads "files-zip_12084" This appears to be the folder where Files.zip is stored on your website. Actually the fully name is "attachments/files-zip.12084/Files.zip". I do not know why I am just seeing the folder and not the zip file. I have downloaded many files before without a problem. Could there be an Internet Explorer setting that has changed? In the meantime do you have an FTP site where I could download this zip file (or even email it to me if this is possible)? Thank you Erel.

 

[Erel]

Try to use a different browser. You are the only member who encounters this issue. It is also possible that your antivirus software is messing things up.

 

[David J. Smith]

Thank you Erel. I used Google Chrome and it downloaded Files.zip fine, so I was able to reinstall the VBwifi library. However, Google Chrome is not my first choice for a browser so I have to find out what is interfering with IE. I have been downloading files from your website for years using IE without any problem.