(MFC) Get Number of FIles in Directory, not including sub-directories

MFC example demonstrating how to get the number of files in a directory not including sub-directories.

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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("login");
    ftp.put_Password("password");

    // 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;
    }

    // The ListPattern property is our directory listing filter.
    // The default value is "*", which includes everything.
    strOut.append(ftp.listPattern());
    strOut.append("\r\n");

    // Fetch the current remote directory contents by
    // calling GetDirCount
    int i;
    int n;
    n = ftp.GetDirCount();
    if (n < 0) {
        strOut.append(ftp.lastErrorText());
        strOut.append("\r\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());
        return;
    }

    if (n > 0) {
        // Loop over the directory contents, incrementing the count
        // each time it is NOT a directory.
        int fileCount = 0;
        for (i = 0; i <= n - 1; i++) {

            // Is this NOT a sub-directory?
            if (ftp.GetIsDirectory(i) != true) {
                fileCount = fileCount + 1;
                // Display the filename
                strOut.append(ftp.getFilename(i));
                strOut.append("\r\n");
            }

        }

        strOut.append("Total number of files = ");
        strOut.appendInt(fileCount);
        strOut.append("\r\n");
    }

    success = ftp.Disconnect();


    SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT1,strOut.getUnicode());

    }