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Set the FTP Transfer Type to ASCII

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.SetTypeAscii method, which sets the FTP representation type to ASCII for subsequent transfers. It takes no arguments.

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: ASCII mode translates line endings between the client and server conventions (with CrlfMode able to apply further conversion on download). It is a legacy behavior that is rarely wanted today — binary is recommended for essentially every file, text included — and it silently corrupts binary content such as images and archives. Use it only when line-ending translation of plain text is specifically required, and switch back with SetTypeBinary afterward.

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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

'  Demonstrates the Ftp2.SetTypeAscii method, which sets the FTP representation type to ASCII for
'  subsequent transfers.  It takes no arguments.

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

'  In ASCII mode the endpoints may translate line endings (and CrlfMode can apply additional
'  conversion).  This is a legacy mode that is rarely needed today; binary (the default) is
'  recommended for essentially every file.  Use ASCII only when line-ending translation is
'  specifically wanted, and never for binary files, which it would corrupt.
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

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


outFile.Close