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Download Text File into String Variable

Download a text file directly into a string variable.

Download Chilkat FTP2 ActiveX

Dim ftp As New ChilkatFtp2

Dim success As Integer

' Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
success = ftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

ftp.Hostname = "www.example-code.com"
ftp.Username = "example-code.com"
ftp.Password = "****"
ftp.Passive = 1

' Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Download the contents of the remote file into memory.
Dim fileContents As String
Dim remoteFilename As String
remoteFilename = "hamletQuote.txt"

fileContents = ftp.GetRemoteFileTextData(remoteFilename)
' An empty string indicates a failure. If it is possible
' that the file could be an empty file on the server,
' you call GetSizeByName to check.  The ftp.GetSizeByname
' method accepts a filename and returns the size of the
' remote file or -1 if it does not exist or if there is an error.

ftp.Disconnect 

Text1.Text = Text1.Text & fileContents & vbCrLf

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