(Delphi ActiveX) Get Last Modified Date/Time of Files in a Remote Directory

Gets the last-modified date/times of files in a remote FTP directory.

Chilkat for Delphi Downloads Chilkat ActiveX DLL for Delphi Chilkat non-ActiveX DLL for Delphi * The examples here use the ActiveX DLL.

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;
n: Integer;
dt: ICkDateTime;
i: Integer;

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 := 'myLogin';
ftp.Password := 'myPassword';
// Use explicit TLS
ftp.AuthTls := 1;
ftp.Port := 21;

// For debugging, turn on session logging so we can examine what is sent by the server.
ftp.KeepSessionLog := 1;

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

// Iterate over .txt files.
ftp.ListPattern := '*.txt';
n := ftp.GetDirCount();
Memo1.Lines.Add('n = ' + IntToStr(n));

i := 0;
while i < n do
  begin
    // Get the last-modified date/time as a CkDateTime object.
    dt := ftp.GetLastModDt(i);
    Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(i) + ': ' + ftp.GetFilename(i) + ', ' + dt.GetAsTimestamp(0));

    i := i + 1;
  end;

// Show the session log so we can see the details of the FTP directory listing sent by the server.
// This tells us what information is available.  Some FTP servers provide better and more accurate information
// than others.

Memo1.Lines.Add('---- Session Log ----');
Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.SessionLog);

ftp.Disconnect();
end;