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Provide an FTP ACCT Account Identifier

Demonstrates the Account property, which supplies the value for the FTP ACCT command sent after USER/PASS when a server requests it.

Background: ACCT is a vestige of early FTP, where an account identifier could be required in addition to the username and password — think mainframe billing codes or storage-group selection. It is very rarely needed today; almost every modern server authenticates with USER and PASS alone. Set this only when connecting to a legacy host that explicitly asks for account information after login.

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#include <CkFtp2W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

    CkFtp2W ftp;

    ftp.put_Hostname(L"ftp.example.com");
    ftp.put_Username(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.
    ftp.put_Password(L"myPassword");

    //  Account supplies the value for the FTP ACCT command, sent after USER/PASS when a server
    //  requests it.  This is very rarely needed today -- almost all modern servers use only USER and
    //  PASS -- but some legacy hosts require an additional account identifier.
    ftp.put_Account(L"myAccountId");

    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    wprintf(L"Logged in (ACCT provided if the server requested it).\n");

    success = ftp.Disconnect();
    if (success == false) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }
    }