(Delphi ActiveX) Get FTP File Permissions

Delphi ActiveX example showing how to retrieve file permissions (via FTP) for each file in a remote directory.

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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;
i: Integer;
n: Integer;

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

ftp := TChilkatFtp2.Create(Self);

// Set the various properties to establish the connection.
ftp.Hostname := 'ftp.example.com';
ftp.Username := 'login';
ftp.Password := 'password';

// If SSL/TLS is required..
// See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
// for more information.
ftp.AuthTls := 1;
ftp.PassiveUseHostAddr := 1;

// Connect to the FTP server:
success := ftp.ConnectOnly();
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Authenticate with the FTP server.
success := ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly();
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// To get file permissions in UNIX format, disallow MSLD:
ftp.AllowMlsd := 0;

// To get file and sub-directory information, simply
// loop from 0 to ftp.GetDirCount() - 1
i := 0;
n := ftp.GetDirCount();
if (n < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Show the type of permissions information that is available.
// The two most common types are "mlsd" and "unix".  See the
// online reference documentation for more information.
if (n > 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('The permissions format is: ' + ftp.GetPermType(0));
  end;

while i < n do
  begin

    // Display the permissions and filename
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.GetPermissions(i) + ' ' + ftp.GetFilename(i));

    i := i + 1;
  end;

// Assuming MLSD was possible, let's see the file permissions in MLSD format:
ftp.AllowMlsd := 1;

// Clear the directory cache so we're forced to re-fetch the directory listing:
ftp.ClearDirCache();

n := ftp.GetDirCount();
if (n < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Show the type of permissions information that is available.
// The two most common types are "mlsd" and "unix".  See the
// online reference documentation for more information.
if (n > 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add('----');
    Memo1.Lines.Add('The permissions format is: ' + ftp.GetPermType(0));
  end;

i := 0;
while i < n do
  begin

    // Display the permissions and filename
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.GetPermissions(i) + ' ' + ftp.GetFilename(i));

    i := i + 1;
  end;

success := ftp.Disconnect();
end;