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Download Text File into String Variable

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Download a text file directly into a string variable. AutoIt

Local $bSuccess = False

; This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
; See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$oFtp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Ftp2")

$oFtp.Hostname = "ftp.someFtpServer.com"
$oFtp.Username = "myFtpUserAccount"
$oFtp.Password = "myFtpPassword"

; Set other possible settings...
; See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
; for more information about FTP connection settings.
$oFtp.Passive = True
$oFtp.AuthTls = True

; Connect and login to the FTP server.
$bSuccess = $oFtp.Connect()
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
$bSuccess = $oFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
If ($bSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Download the contents of the remote file into a string variable.

; The GetRemoteFileTextData method assumes the remote file contains ANSI chars.
; To download text files containing non-ANSI text, such as utf-8, call GetRemoteFileTextC
; instead. (see below)
Local $sFileContents = $oFtp.GetRemoteFileTextData("ansiText.txt")
If ($oFtp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
Else
    ConsoleWrite($sFileContents & @CRLF)
EndIf

; To download a remote text file containing utf-8 chars, 
; call GetRemoteFileTextC and pass "utf-8" for the 2nd arg.  This tells
; Chilkat to interpret the incoming bytes according to the utf-8 character encoding.

$sFileContents = $oFtp.GetRemoteFileTextC("utf8Text.txt","utf-8")
If ($oFtp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
Else
    ConsoleWrite($sFileContents & @CRLF)
EndIf

$bSuccess = $oFtp.Disconnect()