Visual Basic 6.0

Restart/Resume FTP Download

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Resume downloading a file from an FTP server. Visual Basic 6.0

Dim success As Long
success = 0

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

Dim ftp As New ChilkatFtp2

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
ftp.Username = "login"
ftp.Password = "password"

' Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Change to the remote directory where the file is located.
' This step is only necessary if the file is not in the root directory
' for the FTP account.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("temp")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' To resume a download, it is assumed that the partial file
' is already present on the local filesystem.
' You only need to set the RestartNext property to resume
' the download.  The Chilkat FTP component sets the resume
' point by getting the existing size of the target (local) file.
ftp.RestartNext = 1

Dim localFilename As String
localFilename = "big.zip"
Dim remoteFilename As String
remoteFilename = "big.zip"

' Resume downloading...
success = ftp.GetFile(remoteFilename,localFilename)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()

Debug.Print "File Downloaded!"