Binary and ASCII FTP Transfer Modes

The SetTypeBinary() and SetTypeAscii() method can be called to change the current transfer mode. The default transfer mode is binary. Once SetTypeAscii() or SetTypeBinary() is called, all subsequent transfers will occur in that mode.

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<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
set ftp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

'  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = ftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write ftp.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.secureftp-test.com"
ftp.Username = "test"
ftp.Password = "test"

'  Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write ftp.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

'  Set the transfer mode to ASCII
success = ftp.SetTypeAscii()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write ftp.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

'  Change to the remote directory where the file will be uploaded.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write ftp.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

'  Upload a file.
localFilename = "hamlet.xml"
remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

'  Turn on session logging for the upload:
ftp.KeepSessionLog = 1

success = ftp.PutFile(localFilename,remoteFilename)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write ftp.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

'  View the session log.  You can verify visually that
'  the transfer was in ascii mode.
Response.Write ftp.SessionLog & "<br>"

ftp.Disconnect 

Response.Write "File Uploaded!" & "<br>"
%>
</body>
</html>

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