Migrating away from Indy for file downloads

[Tom F 83]

To eliminate shipping and updating OpenSSL (ssleay32.dll and libeay32.dll) I plan to move from Indy to THTTPClient for file downloads. 

Should I be using TNetHttpClient rather then THTTPClient?  I'm using HttpAsyncDownloadDemo.dpr as a starting place, although without the Async part.

A majority of my users are on Window 10.

But a very small number are on earlier versions, some even XP.  To be honest, perhaps those users are already experiencing download problems with Indy. It hasn't been reported though.

What kind of support I should expect from Windows for THTTPClient in earlier Windows versions?






 

[Cristian Peța 103]

On 12/31/2021 at 5:44 PM, Tom F said:

Should I be using TNetHttpClient rather then THTTPClient?

TNetHttpClient is a component that uses THttpClient internally. If you don't need what TNetHttpClient offers then use directly THttpClient.

  TNetHTTPClient = class(TComponent)
  private
    FHttpClient: THTTPClient;