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Unicode C

Control ASCII Download Line Endings (CrlfMode)

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Demonstrates the CrlfMode property, which controls line-ending conversion when downloading in ASCII transfer mode: 0 leaves them as received, 1 converts to CRLF, 2 to LF, and 3 to CR.

Background: When you deliberately download text in ASCII mode, CrlfMode lets you force the saved file's line endings to a specific convention — CRLF for Windows tools, LF for Unix — regardless of what the server sends. It applies only in ASCII mode, so pair it with SetTypeAscii; in the recommended default binary mode, bytes are preserved verbatim and this setting has no effect. Reserve ASCII mode (and this property) for the rare case where line-ending normalization of text is actually wanted.

Chilkat Unicode C Downloads

Unicode C
#include <C_CkFtp2W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2W ftp;

    success = FALSE;

    ftp = CkFtp2W_Create();

    CkFtp2W_putHostname(ftp,L"ftp.example.com");
    CkFtp2W_putUsername(ftp,L"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.
    CkFtp2W_putPassword(ftp,L"myPassword");

    success = CkFtp2W_Connect(ftp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    //  CrlfMode controls line-ending conversion for ASCII-mode downloads:
    //    0 = leave line endings as received (default)
    //    1 = convert to CRLF
    //    2 = convert to LF
    //    3 = convert to CR
    //  Convert a downloaded text file's line endings to CRLF (useful when saving for Windows).
    CkFtp2W_putCrlfMode(ftp,1);

    //  CrlfMode applies only in ASCII transfer mode.
    success = CkFtp2W_SetTypeAscii(ftp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    success = CkFtp2W_GetFile(ftp,L"public_html/readme.txt",L"qa_output/readme.txt");
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Downloaded with CRLF line endings.\n");

    success = CkFtp2W_Disconnect(ftp);
    if (success == FALSE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }



    CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);

    }