Change Current Directory

To change the current remote directory, call ChangeRemoteDir.

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LOCAL loFtp
LOCAL lnSuccess

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 = "www.myftpserver.com"
loFtp.Username = "****"
loFtp.Password = "****"

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

*  Set the current directory (on the FTP server) to the
*  "orders" subdirectory.  When logging into an FTP account,
*  current remote directory is automatically set to the
*  home directory of the FTP account.  From the FTP client's
*  perspective, it will be "/", but the absolute path on the
*  FTP server might be something like "/home/ftp_users/".
lnSuccess = loFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("orders")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loFtp.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

loFtp.Disconnect()