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Sleep for a Number of Milliseconds (FTP Utility)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.SleepMs method, which blocks the calling thread for a number of milliseconds. The only argument is the millisecond count. It performs no FTP network operation.

Background: This is a plain convenience wrapper around a thread sleep, provided so scripts and generated examples can pause without pulling in a language-specific timing API. Typical uses are inserting a short delay between polling attempts, or giving a finicky server a moment between operations. It does nothing FTP-specific.

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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Ftp
integer li_Millisec

li_Success = 0

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.SleepMs method, which blocks the calling thread for a number of
//  milliseconds.  The only argument is the number of milliseconds.  It performs no FTP network
//  operation.

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

//  A small pause can be useful when polling or when a server needs a moment between operations.
li_Millisec = 500
loo_Ftp.SleepMs(li_Millisec)
Write-Debug "Waited half a second."

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



destroy loo_Ftp