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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)

Quote and SendCommand

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Demonstrate the Quote and SendCommand methods.

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Pascal (Lazarus/Delphi)
program ChilkatDemo;

// Demonstrates using the Chilkat Pascal wrapper via the C bridge DLL.
// Builds as a console application under Lazarus (FPC) or Delphi.

{$IFDEF FPC}
  {$MODE DELPHI}
{$ENDIF}
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}

uses
  {$IFDEF UNIX}
  cthreads,
  {$ENDIF}
  SysUtils,
  CkDllLoader,
  Chilkat.Ftp2;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

procedure RunDemo;
var
  success: Boolean;
  ftp: TFtp2;
  serverResponse: string;

begin
  success := False;

  //  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
  //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

  ftp := TFtp2.Create;

  ftp.Hostname := 'ftp.example.com';
  ftp.Username := 'login';
  ftp.Password := 'password';

  //  Connect and login to the FTP server.
  success := ftp.Connect();
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(ftp.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Tell the FTP object to keep an in-memory session log
  //  so we can see the commands sent to the server,
  //  and the responses received back.
  ftp.KeepSessionLog := True;

  //  Change the current remote directory via the Quote method:
  success := ftp.Quote('CWD junk');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(ftp.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Move back up 
  //  In this case, ChangeRemoteDir sends "CWD .." to the FTP server.
  success := ftp.ChangeRemoteDir('..');
  if (success <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(ftp.LastErrorText);
      Exit;
    end;

  //  Do the same via the SendCommand method where the
  //  raw FTP server response is returned:
  serverResponse := ftp.SendCommand('CWD junk');
  if (ftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) then
    begin
      WriteLn(ftp.LastErrorText);
    end
  else
    begin
      WriteLn(serverResponse);
    end;

  success := ftp.Disconnect();

  WriteLn('Session Log:');
  WriteLn(ftp.SessionLog);


  ftp.Free;

end;

// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

begin

  try
    RunDemo;
  except
    on E: Exception do
      WriteLn('Unhandled exception: ', E.ClassName, ': ', E.Message);
  end;

  WriteLn;
  {$IFDEF MSWINDOWS}
  WriteLn('Press Enter to exit...');
  ReadLn;
  {$ENDIF}
end.