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Download Text File into String Variable

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Download a text file directly into a string variable. Xbase++

LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oFtp
LOCAL cFileContents

nSuccess := 0

//  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
//  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

oFtp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

oFtp:Hostname := "ftp.someFtpServer.com"
oFtp:Username := "myFtpUserAccount"
oFtp:Password := "myFtpPassword"

//  Set other possible settings...
//  See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
//  for more information about FTP connection settings.
oFtp:Passive := 1
oFtp:AuthTls := 1

//  Connect and login to the FTP server.
nSuccess := oFtp:Connect()
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oFtp:LastErrorText
    oFtp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
nSuccess := oFtp:ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oFtp:LastErrorText
    oFtp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Download the contents of the remote file into a string variable.

//  The GetRemoteFileTextData method assumes the remote file contains ANSI chars.
//  To download text files containing non-ANSI text, such as utf-8, call GetRemoteFileTextC
//  instead. (see below)
cFileContents := oFtp:GetRemoteFileTextData("ansiText.txt")
IF (oFtp:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? oFtp:LastErrorText
    oFtp:destroy()
    RETURN
ELSE
    ? cFileContents
ENDIF

//  To download a remote text file containing utf-8 chars, 
//  call GetRemoteFileTextC and pass "utf-8" for the 2nd arg.  This tells
//  Chilkat to interpret the incoming bytes according to the utf-8 character encoding.

cFileContents := oFtp:GetRemoteFileTextC("utf8Text.txt", "utf-8")
IF (oFtp:LastMethodSuccess != 1)
    ? oFtp:LastErrorText
    oFtp:destroy()
    RETURN
ELSE
    ? cFileContents
ENDIF

nSuccess := oFtp:Disconnect()

oFtp:destroy()