reading text files directly off the server ?

can nsis read a remote text file directly off the server ?

curently for the pc, I download an ini file to the TEMP directory and read / compare the variables....

on the mac side, I am using unix commands to read the text files directly off the server. Just wanted to see if could do this for the PC too....

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I know apps like notepad can read items directly off a web server, so i guess the CreateFile api supports this (not sure if this was added in 2k or xp)

is ok if nsis can not
just wanted to see if I could improve things a bit
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