wpf download file from website from wpf application Edit
simple.. below function downloads the file from the website, reads the content assuming it is a text file, and returns the content.
WPF Sample Code
private string DownloadTemplate(string baseurl, string filename) { string strtemplatedata = ""; try { WebClient Client = new WebClient(); Client.DownloadFile(baseurl filename, filename); StreamReader re = File.OpenText(filename); string input = null; while ((input = re.ReadLine()) != null) { strtemplatedata = strtemplatedata input; } re.Close(); } catch (Exception ex) { MessageBox.Show("Error while fetching the file" filename "\r\n" ex.Message "\r\n" ex.StackTrace); } return strtemplatedata; } Use System.Net namespace before executing.