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FTP Download Text File to a Stream

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Demonstrates how to FTP download a text file to a Chilkat stream.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 or greater.

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Local $bSuccess = False

; This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
; See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

$oFtp = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Ftp2")

$oFtp.Hostname = "www.my-ftp-server.com"
$oFtp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
$oFtp.Password = "myFtpPassword"
$oFtp.AuthTls = True
$oFtp.Passive = True

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

$oStreamObj = ObjCreate("Chilkat.Stream")

; Indicate the charset of the incoming data.
$oStreamObj.StringCharset = "utf-8"

; Create a task to do the FTP download.
Local $oT = $oFtp.GetFileToStreamAsync("lines.txt",$oStreamObj)
If ($oFtp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    ConsoleWrite($oFtp.LastErrorText & @CRLF)
    Exit
EndIf

; Start the task in a background thread.
$oT.Run()

; Read the incoming text data using any of the streamObj Read methods.
; This example will read line-by-line.
Local $sLine
While $oStreamObj.EndOfStream <> True
    $sLine = $oStreamObj.ReadToCRLF()
    If ($oStreamObj.LastMethodSuccess = True) Then
        ConsoleWrite($sLine & @CRLF)
    EndIf

Wend

ConsoleWrite("Success." & @CRLF)