Download Text File into String Variable

Download a text file directly into a string variable.

Download Chilkat .NET for 2.0 Framework

Download Chilkat .NET for 1.0 / 1.1 Framework

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

' Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> true) 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 <> true) 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()

TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & fileContents & vbCrLf
TextBox1.Refresh()