(Visual FoxPro) 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 ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

LOCAL loFtp
LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL n
LOCAL loDt
LOCAL i

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

* For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject('Chilkat_9_5_0.Ftp2')
loFtp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Ftp2')

loFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loFtp.Username = "myLogin"
loFtp.Password = "myPassword"
* Use explicit TLS
loFtp.AuthTls = 1
loFtp.Port = 21

* For debugging, turn on session logging so we can examine what is sent by the server.
loFtp.KeepSessionLog = 1

* Connect and login to the FTP server.
lnSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

* Iterate over .txt files.
loFtp.ListPattern = "*.txt"
n = loFtp.GetDirCount()
? "n = " + STR(n)

i = 0
DO WHILE i < n
    * Get the last-modified date/time as a CkDateTime object.
    loDt = loFtp.GetLastModDt(i)
    ? STR(i) + ": " + loFtp.GetFilename(i) + ", " + loDt.GetAsTimestamp(0)
    RELEASE loDt

    i = i + 1
ENDDO

* 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.

? "---- Session Log ----"
? loFtp.SessionLog

loFtp.Disconnect()

RELEASE loFtp