FTP Bandwidth Throttle for Downloads

Demonstrates the Chilkat FTP2 download bandwidth throttling property : BandwidthThrottleDown.

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Chilkat.Ftp2 ftp = new Chilkat.Ftp2();

bool success;

//  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = ftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

ftp.Hostname = "www.example-code.com";
ftp.Username = "****";
ftp.Password = "****";

//  To use FTP bandwidth throttling, set the BandwidthThrottleDown
//  property to a maximum desired bytes/second:
//  This example limits the download to 50K per second.
ftp.BandwidthThrottleDown = 50000;

//  The default data transfer mode is "Active" as opposed to "Passive".

//  Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect();
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  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 != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Download a file.
string localFilename;
localFilename = "hamlet.xml";
string remoteFilename;
remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml";

success = ftp.GetFile(remoteFilename,localFilename);
if (success != true) {
    MessageBox.Show(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

ftp.Disconnect();

MessageBox.Show("File Downloaded!");