Visual FoxPro

Connect and Log In to an FTP Server

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.Connect method, which connects to the server and authenticates in a single call. It takes no arguments and uses the Hostname, Port, Username, and Password properties.

Background: Connect is the one-call path that covers the whole handshake: it opens the TCP connection (through any configured proxy), negotiates TLS if enabled, reads the server greeting, and sends USER/PASS to log in. For most applications this is all that is needed. Use ConnectOnly plus LoginAfterConnectOnly instead when you need to do something between connecting and authenticating — such as inspecting the greeting or choosing credentials based on it.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loFtp

lnSuccess = 0

*  Demonstrates the Ftp2.Connect method, which connects to the server and authenticates in one
*  call.  It takes no arguments and uses the Hostname, Port, Username, and Password properties.

loFtp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Ftp2')

*  The FTP server to connect to.  Port defaults to 21 for FTP.
loFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loFtp.Port = 21

*  The login credentials.
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"

*  Connect negotiates any configured proxy and TLS, receives the greeting, and logs in.
lnSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Connected and logged in."

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

RELEASE loFtp