Delphi ActiveX

Quote and SendCommand

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Demonstrate the Quote and SendCommand methods. Delphi ActiveX

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
success: Integer;
ftp: TChilkatFtp2;
serverResponse: WideString;

begin
success := 0;

// 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';

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

// Tell the FTP object to keep an in-memory session log
// so we can see the commands sent to the server,
// and the responses received back.
ftp.KeepSessionLog := 1;

// Change the current remote directory via the Quote method:
success := ftp.Quote('CWD junk');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Move back up 
// In this case, ChangeRemoteDir sends "CWD .." to the FTP server.
success := ftp.ChangeRemoteDir('..');
if (success <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
    Exit;
  end;

// Do the same via the SendCommand method where the
// raw FTP server response is returned:
serverResponse := ftp.SendCommand('CWD junk');
if (ftp.LastMethodSuccess <> 1) then
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(ftp.LastErrorText);
  end
else
  begin
    Memo1.Lines.Add(serverResponse);
  end;

success := ftp.Disconnect();

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