(Lianja) SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 Proxy for FTP

Demonstrates how to connect to an FTP server through a SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy. Both SSL/TLS and non-secure FTP communications may use SOCKS4 and SOCKS5 proxies.

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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 = "login"
loFtp.Password = "password"

// To use a SOCKS4 or SOCKS5 proxy, simply set the following
// properties prior to connecting:
// The SOCKS hostname may be a domain name or 
// IP address:
loFtp.SocksHostname = "www.mysocksproxyserver.com"
loFtp.SocksPort = 1080
loFtp.SocksUsername = "myProxyLogin"
loFtp.SocksPassword = "myProxyPassword"
// Set the SOCKS version to 4 or 5 based on the version
// of the SOCKS proxy server:
loFtp.SocksVersion = 5
// Note: SOCKS4 servers only support usernames without passwords.
// SOCKS5 servers support full login/password authentication.

// 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 file is located.
// This step is only necessary if the file is not in the root directory
// for the FTP account.
llSuccess = loFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

// Download a file.
lcLocalFilename = "c:/temp/hamlet.xml"
lcRemoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

llSuccess = loFtp.GetFile(lcRemoteFilename,lcLocalFilename)
if (llSuccess <> .T.) then
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    release loFtp
    return
endif

llSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()

? "File Downloaded!"


release loFtp