Write Text at a String Offset in a Remote SFTP File

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Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.WriteFileText64s method, which is like WriteFileText64 but takes the byte offset as a decimal string. The arguments are the handle, the offset string, the charset, and the text.

Dim success As Long
success = 0

'  Demonstrates the SFtp.WriteFileText64s method, which is like WriteFileText64 but takes the
'  byte offset as a decimal string.  The 1st argument is the handle, the 2nd is the offset string,
'  the 3rd is the charset, and the 4th is the text.

Dim sftp As New ChilkatSFtp

'  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
Dim port As Long
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  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.
Dim password As String
password = "mySshPassword"

success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim handle As String
handle = sftp.OpenFile("subdir/hugefile.dat","readWrite","openOrCreate")
If (sftp.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

'  Supplying the offset as a string is convenient in languages without a native 64-bit integer.
Dim offset As String
offset = "5000000000"
success = sftp.WriteFileText64s(handle,offset,"utf-8","MARKER")
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print sftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print "Wrote at the string offset."

sftp.Disconnect