Quote and SendCommand

Demonstrate the Quote and SendCommand methods.

Download: Chilkat .NET Assemblies

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
    TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & ftp.LastErrorText & vbCrLf
    Exit Sub
End If


ftp.Hostname = "www.myftpserver.com"
ftp.Username = "****"
ftp.Password = "****"

'  Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> true) Then
    TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & ftp.LastErrorText & vbCrLf
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Tell the FTP object to keep an in-memory session log
'  so we can see the commands sent to the server,
'  and the responses received back.
ftp.KeepSessionLog = true

'  Change the current remote directory via the Quote method:
success = ftp.Quote("CWD junk")
If (success <> true) Then
    TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & ftp.LastErrorText & vbCrLf
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Move back up
'  In this case, ChangeRemoteDir sends "CWD .." to the FTP server.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("..")
If (success <> true) Then
    TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & ftp.LastErrorText & vbCrLf
    Exit Sub
End If


'  Do the same via the SendCommand method where the
'  raw FTP server response is returned:
Dim serverResponse As String
serverResponse = ftp.SendCommand("CWD junk")
If (serverResponse = vbNullString ) Then
    TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & ftp.LastErrorText & vbCrLf
Else
    TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & serverResponse & vbCrLf
End If


ftp.Disconnect()

TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & "Session Log:" & vbCrLf
TextBox1.Text = TextBox1.Text & ftp.SessionLog & vbCrLf