Delphi ActiveX

Get Number of FIles in Directory, not including sub-directories

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_LANGUAGE_ example demonstrating how to get the number of files in a directory not including sub-directories. Delphi ActiveX

uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
success: Integer;
ftp: TChilkatFtp2;
i: Integer;
n: Integer;
fileCount: Integer;

begin
success := 0;

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

ftp := TChilkatFtp2.Create(Self);

ftp.Hostname := 'ftp.example.com';
ftp.Username := 'login';
ftp.Password := 'password';

// Connect and login to the FTP server.
success := ftp.Connect();
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// The ListPattern property is our directory listing filter.
// The default value is "*", which includes everything.
Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.ListPattern);

// Fetch the current remote directory contents by
// calling GetDirCount

n := ftp.GetDirCount();
if (n < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
if (n > 0) then
  begin
    // Loop over the directory contents, incrementing the count
    // each time it is NOT a directory.
    fileCount := 0;
    for i := 0 to n - 1 do
      begin

        // Is this NOT a sub-directory?
        if (ftp.GetIsDirectory(i) <> 1) then
          begin
            fileCount := fileCount + 1;
            // Display the filename
            Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.GetFilename(i));
          end;

      end;

    Memo1.Lines.Add('Total number of files = ' + IntToStr(fileCount));
  end;

success := ftp.Disconnect();
end;