wrote: The VI gives me error code 1181, source "DataSocket Read in Get File Data From Internet.vi->Download File from Internet.vi".
Paul's .vis from Message 13 (which are based on datasocket read.vi) do work on
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/PNG_transparency_demonstration_1.png
if you change the url to
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/PNG_transparency_demonstration_1.png