Binary and ASCII FTP Transfer Modes

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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.

LOCAL loFtp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lcLocalFilename
LOCAL lcRemoteFilename

loFtp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Ftp2')

*  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
lnSuccess = loFtp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loFtp.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

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

*  Connect and login to the FTP server.
lnSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loFtp.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Set the transfer mode to ASCII
lnSuccess = loFtp.SetTypeAscii()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loFtp.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Change to the remote directory where the file will be uploaded.
lnSuccess = loFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loFtp.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  Upload a file.

lcLocalFilename = "hamlet.xml"

lcRemoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

*  Turn on session logging for the upload:
loFtp.KeepSessionLog = 1

lnSuccess = loFtp.PutFile(lcLocalFilename,lcRemoteFilename)
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loFtp.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

*  View the session log.  You can verify visually that
*  the transfer was in ascii mode.
? loFtp.SessionLog

loFtp.Disconnect()

=MESSAGEBOX("File Uploaded!")