(PowerShell) FTP Bandwidth Throttle for Downloads

Demonstrates the Chilkat FTP2 download bandwidth throttling property : BandwidthThrottleDown.

Download: Chilkat .NET Assemblies

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\myAssemblies\ChilkatDotNet2.dll")

$ftp = New-Object Chilkat.Ftp2

#  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
$success = $ftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$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 -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  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 -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

#  Download a file.
$localFilename = "hamlet.xml"
$remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

$success = $ftp.GetFile($remoteFilename,$localFilename)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$ftp.Disconnect()

$("File Downloaded!")