I need you to write a program that will download the data file online, save it locally, and when a valid number if entered in the program it will send data on the parallel port. I have attached a sample of the program that works great but it requires a direct connection to the database. This program could be updated to instead connecting to the database to download this text file and import the data.
## Deliverables
You will download the file at:
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(the number of results can be in excess of 10,000 records)
The format of this file is:
id*,*customerid*,*cardnumber*,*name*,*status*,*chargegroup*,*activeday*,*activemonth*,*activeyear'*,*expireday*,*expiremonth*,*expireyear*;*
Basically, when a number is entered in the form it will match it up to the cardnumber field, and if matches then you will check to make sure that the current date is between the activeyear/activemonth/activeday and expireyear/expiremonth/expireday and that the status is OK. If this is all true, then you will raise the parallel port pin as demonstrated in the attached sample application.