Download Text File into String Variable

Download Chilkat FTP2 ActiveX

Download a text file directly into a string variable.

<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 = "www.example-code.com"
ftp.Username = "example-code.com"
ftp.Password = "****"
ftp.Passive = 1

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

End If

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

End If

' Download the contents of the remote file into memory.

remoteFilename = "hamletQuote.txt"

fileContents = ftp.GetRemoteFileTextData(remoteFilename)
' An empty string indicates a failure. If it is possible
' that the file could be an empty file on the server,
' you call GetSizeByName to check.  The ftp.GetSizeByname
' method accepts a filename and returns the size of the
' remote file or -1 if it does not exist or if there is an error.

ftp.Disconnect 

Response.Write fileContents & "<br>"
%>
</body>
</html>

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