title: Download Latest Version of a CodePlex Project
body: <p>I'm writing an update program for another piece of software.  This update program downloads/installs updates to this program's extensions (my update program is, in fact, just another extension).</p>
  
  <p>Some of these extensions are CodePlex projects.  Other's are just on people's personal websites or on their company's website, etc...  Point is, there's no central extension repository.</p>
  
  <p>I'm having trouble downloading the updates that are hosted on CodePlex because I cannot seem to just find  URL that returns/downloads the latest version.  E.g. on <a href="http://ajaxcontroltoolkit.codeplex.com" rel="noreferrer">this page</a> there is the big, green "Download" button.  All I want is, for any given CodePlex project, a URL I can hit that will download the latest version (like that Download button does after the stupid prompt).</p>
  
  <p>I created a <a href="http://codeplex.codeplex.com/workitem/25954" rel="noreferrer">CodePlex feature request</a> for this, but it hasn't been updated and neither have the other hundreds of requests people have had for that site.</p>
  
  <p>In summary, I want something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>http://coolestProjectEver.codeplex.com/download
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This link would return/download the latest version of that project without any questions/prompts.</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas what I can do?</p>