DataFlex

FTP Download Text File to a Stream

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Demonstrates how to FTP download a text file to a Chilkat stream.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 or greater.

DataFlex

Use ChilkatAx-win32.pkg

Procedure Test
    Boolean iSuccess
    Handle hoFtp
    Variant vStreamObj
    Handle hoStreamObj
    Variant vT
    Handle hoT
    String sLine
    String sTemp1
    Boolean bTemp1

    Move False To iSuccess

    // This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatFtp2)) To hoFtp
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoFtp))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoFtp
    End

    Set ComHostname Of hoFtp To "www.my-ftp-server.com"
    Set ComUsername Of hoFtp To "mFtpLogin"
    Set ComPassword Of hoFtp To "myFtpPassword"
    Set ComAuthTls Of hoFtp To True
    Set ComPassive Of hoFtp To True

    // Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
    Get ComConnect Of hoFtp To iSuccess
    If (iSuccess <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoFtp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatStream)) To hoStreamObj
    If (Not(IsComObjectCreated(hoStreamObj))) Begin
        Send CreateComObject of hoStreamObj
    End

    // Indicate the charset of the incoming data.
    Set ComStringCharset Of hoStreamObj To "utf-8"

    // Create a task to do the FTP download.
    Get pvComObject of hoStreamObj to vStreamObj
    Get ComGetFileToStreamAsync Of hoFtp "lines.txt" vStreamObj To vT
    If (IsComObject(vT)) Begin
        Get Create (RefClass(cComChilkatTask)) To hoT
        Set pvComObject Of hoT To vT
    End
    Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoFtp To bTemp1
    If (bTemp1 <> True) Begin
        Get ComLastErrorText Of hoFtp To sTemp1
        Showln sTemp1
        Procedure_Return
    End

    // Start the task in a background thread.
    Get ComRun Of t To iSuccess

    // Read the incoming text data using any of the streamObj Read methods.
    // This example will read line-by-line.

    While ((ComEndOfStream(hoStreamObj)) <> True)
        Get ComReadToCRLF Of hoStreamObj To sLine
        Get ComLastMethodSuccess Of hoStreamObj To bTemp1
        If (bTemp1 = True) Begin
            Showln sLine
        End

    Loop

    Send Destroy of t

    Showln "Success."


End_Procedure