Delphi ActiveX

Write Text at a String Offset in a Remote SFTP File

Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.WriteFileText64s method, which is like WriteFileText64 but takes the byte offset as a decimal string. The arguments are the handle, the offset string, the charset, and the text.

Background: Some programming languages Chilkat targets lack a native 64-bit integer type, or make large integer literals awkward. Passing the offset as a decimal string sidesteps that entirely — the value is parsed by the library — while addressing the same large-file positions as the int64 form.

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var
success: Integer;
sftp: TChilkatSFtp;
port: Integer;
password: WideString;
handle: WideString;
offset: WideString;

begin
success := 0;

//  Demonstrates the SFtp.WriteFileText64s method, which is like WriteFileText64 but takes the
//  byte offset as a decimal string.  The 1st argument is the handle, the 2nd is the offset string,
//  the 3rd is the charset, and the 4th is the text.

sftp := TChilkatSFtp.Create(Self);

//  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
port := 22;
success := sftp.Connect('sftp.example.com',port);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  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.
password := 'mySshPassword';

success := sftp.AuthenticatePw('mySshLogin',password);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

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

handle := sftp.OpenFile('subdir/hugefile.dat','readWrite','openOrCreate');
if (sftp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

//  Supplying the offset as a string is convenient in languages without a native 64-bit integer.
offset := '5000000000';
success := sftp.WriteFileText64s(handle,offset,'utf-8','MARKER');
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

success := sftp.CloseHandle(handle);
if (success = 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(sftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;
Memo1.Lines.Add('Wrote at the string offset.');

sftp.Disconnect();