Visual FoxPro

Append Text Content to a Remote FTP File

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.AppendFileFromTextData method, which appends text (encoded with a charset) to a remote file. The arguments are the remote filename, the text, and the charset.

Background: This is the append equivalent of PutFileFromTextData — the simplest way to add a line or record to a remote log or data file directly from a string, with no local file involved. The charset controls the encoding of the appended content; the remote filename's own encoding is handled separately.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loFtp
LOCAL lcLine

lnSuccess = 0

*  Demonstrates the Ftp2.AppendFileFromTextData method, which appends text (encoded with a
*  charset) to a remote file.  The 1st argument is the remote filename, the 2nd is the text, and
*  the 3rd is the charset.

loFtp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Ftp2')

loFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loFtp.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.
loFtp.Password = "myPassword"

lnSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  Append a log line directly, with no local file involved.
lcLine = "2026-07-27 12:00:00  server started" + CHR(10)
lnSuccess = loFtp.AppendFileFromTextData("logs/app.log",lcLine,"utf-8")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Appended a log line."

lnSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

RELEASE loFtp