Visual FoxPro

Upload Text Content to an FTP File

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

Background: This is the most direct way to create a small remote text file from a string in your program — no StringBuilder and no local file needed. It is ideal for writing a short status file, a marker, or generated configuration. The charset controls the encoding of the file content.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loFtp
LOCAL lcContent

lnSuccess = 0

*  Demonstrates the Ftp2.PutFileFromTextData method, which uploads text (encoded with a charset)
*  directly 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

*  Upload a small text file whose content is provided directly, with no local file involved.
lcContent = "Hello from Chilkat FTP." + CHR(10) + "Second line." + CHR(10)
lnSuccess = loFtp.PutFileFromTextData("public_html/hello.txt",lcContent,"utf-8")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "Uploaded text."

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

RELEASE loFtp