Visual Basic 6.0

Download an FTP File to a Stream

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.GetFileToStream method, which downloads a remote file and writes its bytes to a Stream. The first argument is the remote file path and the second is the Stream, which must have a destination sink configured beforehand.

Note: The local paths are relative to the application's current working directory. Absolute paths may also be used. Supply the paths appropriate to your own environment.

Background: Streaming to a Stream object decouples the download from where the bytes ultimately go — a file (as here, via SinkFile), or a pipe feeding another component such as a decompressor or a hashing routine — and processes the data as it arrives rather than buffering the whole file. That keeps memory flat for large downloads and lets you chain the transfer into a processing pipeline.

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Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  Demonstrates the Ftp2.GetFileToStream method, which downloads a remote file and writes its
'  bytes to a Stream.  The 1st argument is the remote file path and the 2nd is the Stream.

Dim ftp As New ChilkatFtp2

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

success = ftp.Connect()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Configure the stream's destination sink before downloading.  Here the stream writes to a
'  local file.
Dim fileStream As New ChilkatStream
fileStream.SinkFile = "qa_output/report.pdf"

success = ftp.GetFileToStream("public_html/report.pdf",fileStream)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Downloaded to stream."

success = ftp.Disconnect()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If