(Delphi ActiveX) Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

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The MGetFiles method can be called to download all files matching a wildcarded filename pattern.

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;

...

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
ftp: TChilkatFtp2;
success: Integer;
numFilesDownloaded: 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 := 'myUsername';
ftp.Password := 'myPassword';
ftp.Port := 21;
ftp.AuthTls := 1;

// 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 files are located.
// This step is only necessary if the files are not in the root directory
// of the FTP account.
success := ftp.ChangeRemoteDir('qa');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Download all files with filenames matching "*.txt"
// The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
numFilesDownloaded := ftp.MGetFiles('*.txt','c:/temp/qa_output');
if (numFilesDownloaded < 0) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

success := ftp.Disconnect();

Memo1.Lines.Add(IntToStr(numFilesDownloaded) + ' Files Downloaded!');
end;