If your looking to create a client-side file-grabber then why not look at something like AutoIt[1], it has gui capabilities, InetGet, IE create/attach or embedding, Word, Excel, Xml, etc. While it was originally intended as an automation/info tool (similar to WSscript), there have been many extensions/libraries created for just this sort of purpose. [1] http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/