Visual Basic 6.0

Get FTP Directory Listing Information

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_LANGUAGE_ example showing how to get information about files and subdirectories in the current remote FTP directory. 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

' The ListPattern property is our directory listing filter.
' The default value is "*", which includes everything.
Debug.Print ftp.ListPattern

' To get file and sub-directory information, simply
' loop from 0 to ftp.GetDirCount() - 1
Dim i As Long
Dim n As Long
n = ftp.GetDirCount()
If (n < 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

If (n > 0) Then
    For i = 0 To n - 1

        ' Display the filename
        Debug.Print ftp.GetFilename(i)

        ' Display the file size (in bytes)
        Debug.Print ftp.GetSize(i)

        ' Is this a sub-directory?
        If (ftp.GetIsDirectory(i) = 1) Then
            Debug.Print ".. this is a sub-directory"
        End If

        Debug.Print "--"
    Next
End If

Debug.Print "-----------------------------------"

' Only files and directories
' matching the ListPattern are returned.
ftp.ListPattern = "*.asp"
n = ftp.GetDirCount()
If (n < 0) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

If (n > 0) Then
    For i = 0 To n - 1

        ' Display the filename
        Debug.Print ftp.GetFilename(i)

        ' Display the file size (in bytes)
        Debug.Print ftp.GetSize(i)

        Debug.Print "--"
    Next
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()