Read Remote FTP Text File Directly to a String Variable

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Demonstrates how to download a text file from an FTP server directly into a string variable.

set ftp = CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")
ftp.UnlockComponent "any string begins the 30-day trial"

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

ok = ftp.Connect()
if (ok <> 1) then
	MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
end if

stringData = ftp.GetRemoteFileTextData("sampleText.txt")
if (len(stringData) = 0) then
	MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
end if

MsgBox stringData