(Excel) FTP Bandwidth Throttle for Downloads

Demonstrates the Chilkat FTP2 download bandwidth throttling property : BandwidthThrottleDown.

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

Dim ftp As Chilkat.Ftp2
Set ftp = Chilkat.NewFtp2

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 <> True) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' 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 <> True) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Download a file.

localFilename = "hamlet.xml"

remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

success = ftp.GetFile(remoteFilename,localFilename)
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()

Debug.Print "File Downloaded!"