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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.

Chilkat Xbase++ Downloads

Download Chilkat for Xbase++

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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"

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

//  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).
oFtp:CrlfMode := 1

//  CrlfMode applies only in ASCII transfer mode.
nSuccess := oFtp:SetTypeAscii()
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oFtp:LastErrorText
    oFtp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

nSuccess := oFtp:GetFile("public_html/readme.txt", "qa_output/readme.txt")
IF (nSuccess == 0)
    ? oFtp:LastErrorText
    oFtp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

? "Downloaded with CRLF line endings."

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

oFtp:destroy()