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Quote and SendCommand

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Demonstrate the Quote and SendCommand methods.

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llSuccess = .F.

// 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 = "login"
loFtp.Password = "password"

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

// 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.
loFtp.KeepSessionLog = .T.

// Change the current remote directory via the Quote method:
llSuccess = loFtp.Quote("CWD junk")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

// Move back up 
// In this case, ChangeRemoteDir sends "CWD .." to the FTP server.
llSuccess = loFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("..")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

// Do the same via the SendCommand method where the
// raw FTP server response is returned:
lcServerResponse = loFtp.SendCommand("CWD junk")
if (loFtp.LastMethodSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
else
    ? lcServerResponse
endif

llSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()

? "Session Log:"
? loFtp.SessionLog


release loFtp