Binary and ASCII FTP Transfer Modes

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The SetTypeBinary() and SetTypeAscii() method can be called to change the current transfer mode. The default transfer mode is binary. Once SetTypeAscii() or SetTypeBinary() is called, all subsequent transfers will occur in that mode.

Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True)

set ftp = CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

'  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
    WScript.Quit
End If

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.secureftp-test.com"
ftp.Username = "test"
ftp.Password = "test"

'  Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Set the transfer mode to ASCII
success = ftp.SetTypeAscii()
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Change to the remote directory where the file will be uploaded.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Upload a file.
localFilename = "hamlet.xml"
remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

'  Turn on session logging for the upload:
ftp.KeepSessionLog = 1

success = ftp.PutFile(localFilename,remoteFilename)
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox ftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  View the session log.  You can verify visually that
'  the transfer was in ascii mode.
outFile.WriteLine(ftp.SessionLog)

ftp.Disconnect 

MsgBox "File Uploaded!"
outFile.Close