Passive FTP Download

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Simple example to download a file from an FTP server using passive mode.

<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 = "****"
ftp.Password = "****"

' The default data transfer mode is "Active" as opposed to "Passive".
' Set the Passive property to use Passive mode FTP transfers.
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 file is located.
' This step is only necessary if the file is not in the root directory
' for the FTP account.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Response.Write ftp.LastErrorText & "<br>"

End If

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

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

End If

ftp.Disconnect 

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

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