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Append Text to a Remote FTP File (StringBuilder)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.AppendFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and appends the bytes to a remote file. The arguments are the remote filename, the StringBuilder, and the charset.

Background: When you have accumulated several lines or records in a StringBuilder, this appends them to a remote file in one call, encoding as it writes. It pairs naturally with building up text in memory and flushing it to a remote log periodically.

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Dim success As Boolean
success = False

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.AppendFileSb method, which encodes the text in a StringBuilder and
//  appends the bytes to a remote file.  The 1st argument is the remote filename, the 2nd is the
//  StringBuilder, and the 3rd is the charset.

Dim ftp As New 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 = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
success = sb.Append("appended line one" + EndOfLine.Unix)
success = sb.Append("appended line two" + EndOfLine.Unix)

success = ftp.AppendFileSb("logs/app.log",sb,"utf-8")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Appended text.")

success = ftp.Disconnect()
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If