(MFC) Determine if Connected and Logged On

The IsConnected property indicates whether or not the FTP component has a valid TCP/IP connection (and is logged on) to the FTP server.

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See Also: Using MFC CString in Chilkat

#include <CkFtp2.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    CkString strOut;

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

    CkFtp2 ftp;

    ftp.put_Hostname("ftp.example.com");
    ftp.put_Username("mylogin");
    ftp.put_Password("mypassword");

    // Connect and login to the FTP server.
    bool success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success != true) {
        strOut.append(ftp.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    // ...

    // At any point in an FTP session, the IsConnected property
    // can be checked to determine if the component has remained
    // connected to the FTP server.
    if (ftp.get_IsConnected() == true) {
        strOut.append("Connected!");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }
    else {
        strOut.append("Not connected!");
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }

    // ...

    success = ftp.Disconnect();


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }