Upload Directory Tree using a Plan

Chilkat FTP provides two methods to make it easier to upload large directory trees to an FTP server. The CreatePlan/PutPlan methods can be used to upload and resume an upload if an external failure occurs while the upload is in progress. The CreatePlan method recursively descends the local filesystem directory tree and creates a "plan" of all the files and directories that will be uploaded by PutPlan. The PutPlan method accepts a "plan", and keeps a log file of its progress as it proceeds. If PutPlan fails, it can be called again with the same log file to resume the upload.

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Dim ftp As New Chilkat.Ftp2()

Dim success As Boolean

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


ftp.Hostname = "ftp.chilkatsoft.com"
ftp.Username = "myLogin"
ftp.Password = "myPassword"

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


'  Set the current remote directory to the root where the
'  directory tree will be uploaded.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("/something")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Create a plan for uploading the entire
'  directory tree rooted at c:/temp/something
Dim plan As String
plan = ftp.CreatePlan("c:/temp/something")

TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & plan & vbCrLf

'  Upload from the plan:
success = ftp.PutPlan(plan,"planLog.txt")
If (success <> true) Then
    MsgBox(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


'  If PutPlan fails while in progress, it may be called again
'  to resume the upload.  Simply pass the same plan and plan log
'  to PutPlan.  PutPlan will skip over the files/directories
'  already uploaded and resume where it left off.

ftp.Disconnect()