Visual FoxPro

Check FTP Connection and Login Status

Demonstrates the connection-status properties ConnectVerified, LoginVerified, ConnectFailReason, and Greeting.

Background: When Connect fails, these properties separate the possible causes: ConnectVerified shows whether the TCP connection was established at all, LoginVerified whether authentication then succeeded, and ConnectFailReason gives a numeric code pinpointing the failure — far more actionable than a generic error for distinguishing, say, an unreachable host from a bad password. The Greeting captures the server's opening banner, sometimes useful for identifying the server or its policies.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loFtp

lnSuccess = 0

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 <> 1) THEN
    *  ConnectFailReason gives a numeric code describing why Connect failed.
    ? "Connect failed, reason code: " + STR(loFtp.ConnectFailReason)
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  After a successful connect, these flags report what succeeded.
? "TCP connection verified: " + STR(loFtp.ConnectVerified)
? "Login verified: " + STR(loFtp.LoginVerified)

*  The Greeting property holds the server's initial greeting banner.
? "Server greeting: " + loFtp.Greeting

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

RELEASE loFtp