Xojo Plugin

Sleep for a Number of Milliseconds (FTP Utility)

Demonstrates the Chilkat Ftp2.SleepMs method, which blocks the calling thread for a number of milliseconds. The only argument is the millisecond count. It performs no FTP network operation.

Background: This is a plain convenience wrapper around a thread sleep, provided so scripts and generated examples can pause without pulling in a language-specific timing API. Typical uses are inserting a short delay between polling attempts, or giving a finicky server a moment between operations. It does nothing FTP-specific.

Chilkat Xojo Plugin Downloads

Download Chilkat for Xojo Plugin

Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

//  Demonstrates the Ftp2.SleepMs method, which blocks the calling thread for a number of
//  milliseconds.  The only argument is the number of milliseconds.  It performs no FTP network
//  operation.

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

//  A small pause can be useful when polling or when a server needs a moment between operations.
Dim millisec As Int32
millisec = 500
ftp.SleepMs millisec
System.DebugLog("Waited half a second.")

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