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FTP Bandwidth Throttle for Downloads

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Demonstrates the Chilkat FTP2 download bandwidth throttling property : BandwidthThrottleDown. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim ftp As ChilkatFtp2
ftp.Initialize("ftp")

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

'  To use FTP bandwidth throttling, set the BandwidthThrottleDown
'  property to a maximum desired bytes/second:
'  This example limits the download to 50K per second.
ftp.BandwidthThrottleDown = 50000

'  The default data transfer mode is "Active" as opposed to "Passive".

'  Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
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("junk")
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


'  Download a file.
Dim localFilename As String = "hamlet.xml"
Dim remoteFilename As String = "hamlet.xml"

success = ftp.GetFile(remoteFilename, localFilename)
If success <> True Then
    Log(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


success = ftp.Disconnect

Log("File Downloaded!")