(C#) Download Text File into String Variable

Download a text file directly into a string variable.

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

Chilkat.Ftp2 ftp = new Chilkat.Ftp2();

ftp.Hostname = "ftp.someFtpServer.com";
ftp.Username = "myFtpUserAccount";
ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword";

// Set other possible settings...
// See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
// for more information about FTP connection settings.
ftp.Passive = true;
ftp.AuthTls = true;

// Connect and login to the FTP server.
bool success = ftp.Connect();
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk");
if (success != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Download the contents of the remote file into a string variable.

// The GetRemoteFileTextData method assumes the remote file contains ANSI chars.
// To download text files containing non-ANSI text, such as utf-8, call GetRemoteFileTextC
// instead. (see below)
string fileContents = ftp.GetRemoteFileTextData("ansiText.txt");
if (ftp.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}
else {
    Debug.WriteLine(fileContents);
}

// To download a remote text file containing utf-8 chars, 
// call GetRemoteFileTextC and pass "utf-8" for the 2nd arg.  This tells
// Chilkat to interpret the incoming bytes according to the utf-8 character encoding.

fileContents = ftp.GetRemoteFileTextC("utf8Text.txt","utf-8");
if (ftp.LastMethodSuccess != true) {
    Debug.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}
else {
    Debug.WriteLine(fileContents);
}

success = ftp.Disconnect();