Xojo Plugin

FTP Download File to a Stream

Demonstrates how to FTP download a file to a Chilkat stream. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

// This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
// See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim ftp As New Chilkat.Ftp2

ftp.Hostname = "my-ftp-server.com"
ftp.Port = 21
ftp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"
ftp.AuthTls = True
ftp.Passive = True

// Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Move to the sub-directory (from the FTP user's home directory) where the file is located.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("temp")
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Stream to this local file:
Dim streamObj As New Chilkat.Stream
streamObj.SinkFile = "c:/temp/qa_output/penguins2.jpg"

success = ftp.GetFileToStream("penguins2.jpg",streamObj)
If (success = False) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()

System.DebugLog("Success.")