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FTP Download Text File to a Stream

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Demonstrates how to FTP download a text file to a Chilkat stream.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.67 or greater.

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llSuccess = .F.

// This example assumes the Chilkat FTP2 API to have been previously unlocked.
// See FTP2 Unlock Sample for sample code.

loFtp = createobject("CkFtp2")

loFtp.Hostname = "www.my-ftp-server.com"
loFtp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
loFtp.Password = "myFtpPassword"
loFtp.AuthTls = .T.
loFtp.Passive = .T.

// Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
llSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

loStreamObj = createobject("CkStream")

// Indicate the charset of the incoming data.
loStreamObj.StringCharset = "utf-8"

// Create a task to do the FTP download.
t = loFtp.GetFileToStreamAsync("lines.txt",loStreamObj)
if (loFtp.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    release loStreamObj
    return
endif

// Start the task in a background thread.
t.Run()

// Read the incoming text data using any of the streamObj Read methods.
// This example will read line-by-line.

do while loStreamObj.EndOfStream <> .T.
    lcLine = loStreamObj.ReadToCRLF()
    if (loStreamObj.LastMethodSuccess = .T.) then
        ? lcLine
    endif

enddo
release t

? "Success."


release loFtp
release loStreamObj