Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

Download Chilkat FTP2 ActiveX

The MGetFiles method can be called to download all files matching a wildcarded filename pattern.

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 = "*myPassword1*"

' 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 files are located.
' This step is only necessary if the files are not in the root directory
' of the FTP account.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("vcpp")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Download all files with filenames matching "ftp_*.asp"
' The files are downloaded into c:/temp
Dim numFilesDownloaded As Integer
numFilesDownloaded = ftp.MGetFiles("ftp_*.asp","c:/temp")
If (numFilesDownloaded < 0) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

ftp.Disconnect 

Text1.Text = Text1.Text & numFilesDownloaded & " Files Downloaded!" & vbCrLf
Text1.Refresh