When downloading files from an HTTP server, the FileTransfer control is able to apply certain forms of redirection information provided by the server, if the requested file has been moved. Namely, if the server signals the redirection by a 300-level response code that the HTTP standards have reserved for the purpose, and if the server also supplies a Location response header for the new location of the file, then the control will silently apply the redirection information to obtain the file.

Some servers may supply redirection information in the form of "meta tags" in an HTML document. The current version of the File Transfer control does not recognize and analyze meta tags.

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