Upload Text to an FTP Server (StringBuilder)

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Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.PutFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and uploads it to a remote path. The arguments are the StringBuilder, the charset, whether to include a byte-order mark, and the remote file path.

integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Ftp
oleobject loo_Sb
integer li_IncludeBom

li_Success = 0

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.PutFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and uploads
//  it to a remote path.  The 1st argument is the StringBuilder, the 2nd is the charset, the 3rd
//  selects whether a byte-order mark is included, and the 4th is the remote file path.

loo_Ftp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Ftp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Ftp
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

loo_Ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loo_Ftp.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.
loo_Ftp.Password = "myPassword"

li_Success = loo_Ftp.Connect()
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ftp
    return
end if

//  Build the text to upload.
loo_Sb = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Sb.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")

loo_Sb.Append("name,quantity~n")
loo_Sb.Append("widgets,42~n")

//  Upload as UTF-8 without a byte-order mark.
li_IncludeBom = 0
li_Success = loo_Ftp.PutFileSb(loo_Sb,"utf-8",li_IncludeBom,"public_html/inventory.csv")
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ftp
    destroy loo_Sb
    return
end if

Write-Debug "Uploaded text file."

li_Success = loo_Ftp.Disconnect()
if li_Success = 0 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ftp
    destroy loo_Sb
    return
end if



destroy loo_Ftp
destroy loo_Sb