(Objective-C) Binary and ASCII FTP Transfer Modes

The SetTypeBinary() and SetTypeAscii() method can be called to change the current transfer mode. The default transfer mode is binary. Once SetTypeAscii() or SetTypeBinary() is called, all subsequent transfers will occur in that mode.

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#import <CkoFtp2.h>
#import <NSString.h>

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

CkoFtp2 *ftp = [[CkoFtp2 alloc] init];

ftp.Hostname = @"ftp.something.com";
ftp.Username = @"test";
ftp.Password = @"test";

// Connect and login to the FTP server.
BOOL success = [ftp Connect];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Set the transfer mode to ASCII
success = [ftp SetTypeAscii];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Change to the remote directory where the file will be uploaded.
success = [ftp ChangeRemoteDir: @"junk"];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// Upload a file.
NSString *localFilename = @"hamlet.xml";
NSString *remoteFilename = @"hamlet.xml";

// Turn on session logging for the upload:
ftp.KeepSessionLog = YES;

success = [ftp PutFile: localFilename remoteFilename: remoteFilename];
if (success != YES) {
    NSLog(@"%@",ftp.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

// View the session log.  You can verify visually that
// the transfer was in ascii mode.
NSLog(@"%@",ftp.SessionLog);

success = [ftp Disconnect];

NSLog(@"%@",@"File Uploaded!");