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Provide an FTP ACCT Account Identifier

Demonstrates the Account property, which supplies the value for the FTP ACCT command sent after USER/PASS when a server requests it.

Background: ACCT is a vestige of early FTP, where an account identifier could be required in addition to the username and password — think mainframe billing codes or storage-group selection. It is very rarely needed today; almost every modern server authenticates with USER and PASS alone. Set this only when connecting to a legacy host that explicitly asks for account information after login.

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LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oFtp

nSuccess := 0

oFtp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

oFtp:Hostname := "ftp.example.com"
oFtp: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.
oFtp:Password := "myPassword"

//  Account supplies the value for the FTP ACCT command, sent after USER/PASS when a server
//  requests it.  This is very rarely needed today -- almost all modern servers use only USER and
//  PASS -- but some legacy hosts require an additional account identifier.
oFtp:Account := "myAccountId"

nSuccess := oFtp:Connect()
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oFtp:LastErrorText
    oFtp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Logged in (ACCT provided if the server requested it)."

nSuccess := oFtp:Disconnect()
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oFtp:LastErrorText
    oFtp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

oFtp:destroy()