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Download an FTP File as ANSI Text

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetRemoteFileTextData method, which downloads a remote file and returns its contents decoded using the ANSI character encoding. The only argument is the remote filename.

Background: A convenience for reading a remote text file straight into a string, assuming ANSI encoding. "ANSI" is platform-dependent (the Windows code page on Windows), so this is only reliable for plain ASCII or content you know is in that encoding — for UTF-8 or any explicitly known charset, use GetRemoteFileTextC and name the encoding.

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llSuccess = .F.

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetRemoteFileTextData method, which downloads a remote file and returns
//  its contents decoded using the ANSI character encoding.  The only argument is the remote
//  filename.

loFtp = createobject("CkFtp2")

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"

llSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

//  Use this for ANSI-encoded text.  For UTF-8 or another known encoding, use GetRemoteFileTextC.
lcFileText = loFtp.GetRemoteFileTextData("public_html/readme.txt")
if (loFtp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

? lcFileText

llSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()
if (llSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif



release loFtp