VBScript

Control ASCII Download Line Endings (CrlfMode)

Demonstrates the CrlfMode property, which controls line-ending conversion when downloading in ASCII transfer mode: 0 leaves them as received, 1 converts to CRLF, 2 to LF, and 3 to CR.

Background: When you deliberately download text in ASCII mode, CrlfMode lets you force the saved file's line endings to a specific convention — CRLF for Windows tools, LF for Unix — regardless of what the server sends. It applies only in ASCII mode, so pair it with SetTypeAscii; in the recommended default binary mode, bytes are preserved verbatim and this setting has no effect. Reserve ASCII mode (and this property) for the rare case where line-ending normalization of text is actually wanted.

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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"

'  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

'  CrlfMode controls line-ending conversion for ASCII-mode downloads:
'    0 = leave line endings as received (default)
'    1 = convert to CRLF
'    2 = convert to LF
'    3 = convert to CR
'  Convert a downloaded text file's line endings to CRLF (useful when saving for Windows).
ftp.CrlfMode = 1

'  CrlfMode applies only in ASCII transfer mode.
success = ftp.SetTypeAscii()
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = ftp.GetFile("public_html/readme.txt","qa_output/readme.txt")
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Downloaded with CRLF line endings.")

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


outFile.Close