SFTP Write Binary File

How to write binary data to a remote file.

Download Chilkat SSH / SFTP ActiveX

'  Important: It is helpful to send the contents of the
'  sftp.LastErrorText property when requesting support.

set sftp = CreateObject("Chilkat.SFtp")

'  Any string automatically begins a fully-functional 30-day trial.
success = sftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox sftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000
sftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 15000

'  Connect to the SSH server.
'  The standard SSH port = 22
'  The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.

hostname = "192.168.1.108"
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port)
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox sftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
'  both password-based authenication as well as public-key
'  authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox sftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox sftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Create a new file on the server.
'  "createTruncate" -- A new file is created; if the file already exists, it is opened and truncated.

handle = sftp.OpenFile("binaryData.dat","writeOnly","createTruncate")
If (handle = vbNullString ) Then
    MsgBox sftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

Dim binaryData
binaryData = binaryData & ChrB(1)
binaryData = binaryData & ChrB(2)
binaryData = binaryData & ChrB(3)
binaryData = binaryData & ChrB(4)
binaryData = binaryData & ChrB(5)
binaryData = binaryData & ChrB(6)
binaryData = binaryData & ChrB(7)
binaryData = binaryData & ChrB(8)
binaryData = binaryData & ChrB(9)
binaryData = binaryData & ChrB(10)

success = sftp.WriteFileBytes(handle,binaryData)
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox sftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

'  Close the file.
success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle)
If (success <> 1) Then
    MsgBox sftp.LastErrorText
    WScript.Quit
End If

MsgBox "Success."