Visual Basic 6.0

FTP Download File to a Stream

Demonstrates how to FTP download a file to a Chilkat stream. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

' This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
' See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim ftp As New ChilkatFtp2

ftp.Hostname = "my-ftp-server.com"
ftp.Port = 21
ftp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"
ftp.AuthTls = 1
ftp.Passive = 1

' Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Move to the sub-directory (from the FTP user's home directory) where the file is located.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("temp")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Stream to this local file:
Dim streamObj As New ChilkatStream
streamObj.SinkFile = "c:/temp/qa_output/penguins2.jpg"

success = ftp.GetFileToStream("penguins2.jpg",streamObj)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()

Debug.Print "Success."