Delphi ActiveX

Sleep for a Number of Milliseconds (FTP Utility)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.SleepMs method, which blocks the calling thread for a number of milliseconds. The only argument is the millisecond count. It performs no FTP network operation.

Background: This is a plain convenience wrapper around a thread sleep, provided so scripts and generated examples can pause without pulling in a language-specific timing API. Typical uses are inserting a short delay between polling attempts, or giving a finicky server a moment between operations. It does nothing FTP-specific.

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var
success: Integer;
ftp: TChilkatFtp2;
millisec: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.SleepMs method, which blocks the calling thread for a number of
//  milliseconds.  The only argument is the number of milliseconds.  It performs no FTP network
//  operation.

ftp := TChilkatFtp2.Create(Self);

ftp.Hostname := 'ftp.example.com';
ftp.Username := 'myFtpLogin';

//  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
//  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
ftp.Password := 'myPassword';

success := ftp.Connect();
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  A small pause can be useful when polling or when a server needs a moment between operations.
millisec := 500;
ftp.SleepMs(millisec);
Memo1.Lines.Add('Waited half a second.');

success := ftp.Disconnect();
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;