VBScript

FTP Automatic Post-Connect Commands

Demonstrates the AutoFeat, AutoSyst, AutoOptsUtf8, and AutoXcrc properties, which control commands Chilkat issues automatically around connecting and transferring.

Background: Chilkat normally probes and adapts to a server on its own: AutoFeat discovers capabilities with FEAT, AutoSyst learns the OS type to parse legacy listings, and AutoOptsUtf8 enables UTF-8 filenames when the server advertises it. These are on by default and rarely worth changing. AutoXcrc is the exception worth enabling deliberately — it verifies each upload with the server's XCRC checksum, catching corruption automatically where supported.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

set ftp = CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "myFtpLogin"

'  These auto-* properties control commands Chilkat sends automatically after connecting.  They
'  are on/off by default as noted, and are rarely changed.

'  AutoFeat (default 1): automatically send FEAT to discover server capabilities.
ftp.AutoFeat = 1

'  AutoSyst (default 1): automatically send SYST after login to learn the server OS type.
ftp.AutoSyst = 1

'  AutoOptsUtf8 (default 1): send OPTS UTF8 ON when the FEAT response advertises UTF8.
ftp.AutoOptsUtf8 = 1

'  AutoXcrc (default 0): request an XCRC checksum after each upload and treat a mismatch as
'  a failure, giving automatic post-upload verification where the server supports XCRC.
ftp.AutoXcrc = 1

'  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
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Connected with the configured automatic features.")

success = ftp.Disconnect()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If


outFile.Close