Save String Variable to File on FTP Server

Save the contents of a string variable to a file on an FTP server.

Download Chilkat FTP2 ActiveX

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 = "****"
loFtp.Password = "****"

* 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

* Upload the contents of a string to a remote file.

lcFileContents = "To be, or not to be: that is the question."

lcRemoteFilename = "hamletQuote.txt"

* The last argument to PutFileFromTextData is a charset name.
* The string is automatically converted (if necessary) to this
* charset before uploading.
lnSuccess = loFtp.PutFileFromTextData(lcRemoteFilename,lcFileContents,"windows-1252")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    =MESSAGEBOX(loFtp.LastErrorText)
    QUIT
ENDIF

loFtp.Disconnect()

=MESSAGEBOX("String Uploaded!")