(Delphi ActiveX) FTP Bandwidth Throttle for Downloads

Demonstrates the Chilkat FTP2 download bandwidth throttling property : BandwidthThrottleDown.

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uses
    Winapi.Windows, Winapi.Messages, System.SysUtils, System.Variants, System.Classes, Vcl.Graphics,
    Vcl.Controls, Vcl.Forms, Vcl.Dialogs, Vcl.StdCtrls, Chilkat_TLB;

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procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
ftp: TChilkatFtp2;
success: Integer;
localFilename: WideString;
remoteFilename: WideString;

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

ftp := TChilkatFtp2.Create(Self);

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 <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// 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 <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Download a file.
localFilename := 'hamlet.xml';
remoteFilename := 'hamlet.xml';

success := ftp.GetFile(remoteFilename,localFilename);
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

success := ftp.Disconnect();

Memo1.Lines.Add('File Downloaded!');
end;