Download Text File into String Variable

Download a text file directly into a string variable.

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LOCAL loFtp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL lcFileContents
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 = "www.example-code.com"
loFtp.Username = "example-code.com"
loFtp.Password = "****"
loFtp.Passive = 1

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

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

*  Download the contents of the remote file into memory.

lcRemoteFilename = "hamletQuote.txt"

lcFileContents = loFtp.GetRemoteFileTextData(lcRemoteFilename)
IF (lcFileContents = NULL ) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
ELSE
    ? lcFileContents
ENDIF

loFtp.Disconnect()