Visual Basic 6.0

FTP through HTTP Tunnel (FTP over HTTP Proxy)

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Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.51 or greater.

FTP through an HTTP tunnel (via an HTTP proxy server that supports HTTP tunneling).

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"

' Set the HTTP proxy server properties.
' This is to connect via HTTP/1.1 using CONNECT method
ftp.HttpProxyHostname = "192.168.1.127"
ftp.HttpProxyPort = 8080

' If the proxy server requires authentication...
ftp.HttpProxyUsername = "myProxyUsername"
ftp.HttpProxyPassword = "myProxyPassword"

' FTP over an HTTP proxy requires that FTP Passive mode be used
' for data transfers. It is not possible to use non-passive (active) mode
' for FTP over HTTP.
ftp.Passive = 1

' 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 will be uploaded.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Upload a file.
Dim localFilename As String
localFilename = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml"
Dim remoteFilename As String
remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

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

success = ftp.Disconnect()

Debug.Print "File Uploaded!"