Binary and ASCII FTP Transfer Modes

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.

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#include <CkFtp2.h>
#include <CkString.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkFtp2 ftp;

    bool success;

    //  Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days.
    success = ftp.UnlockComponent("Anything for 30-day trial");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.secureftp-test.com");
    ftp.put_Username("test");
    ftp.put_Password("test");

    //  Connect and login to the FTP server.
    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Set the transfer mode to ASCII
    success = ftp.SetTypeAscii();
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Change to the remote directory where the file will be uploaded.
    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk");
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  Upload a file.
    CkString localFilename;
    localFilename = "hamlet.xml";
    CkString remoteFilename;
    remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml";

    //  Turn on session logging for the upload:
    ftp.put_KeepSessionLog(true);

    success = ftp.PutFile(localFilename,remoteFilename);
    if (success != true) {
        printf("%s\n",ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    //  View the session log.  You can verify visually that
    //  the transfer was in ascii mode.
    printf("%s\n",ftp.sessionLog());

    ftp.Disconnect();

    printf("File Uploaded!\n");
    }