(Lianja) Download Multiple Files Matching Pattern

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

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

loFtp = createobject("CkFtp2")

loFtp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
loFtp.Username = "myUsername"
loFtp.Password = "myPassword"
loFtp.Port = 21
loFtp.AuthTls = .T.

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

// 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.
llSuccess = loFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("qa")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

// Download all files with filenames matching "*.txt"
// The files are downloaded into c:/temp/qa_output
lnNumFilesDownloaded = loFtp.MGetFiles("*.txt","c:/temp/qa_output")
if (lnNumFilesDownloaded < 0) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

llSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()

? str(lnNumFilesDownloaded) + " Files Downloaded!"


release loFtp