PowerBuilder

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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integer li_rc
integer li_Success
oleobject loo_Ftp
oleobject loo_StreamObj
oleobject t
string ls_Line

li_Success = 0

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

loo_Ftp = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_Ftp.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")
if li_rc < 0 then
    destroy loo_Ftp
    MessageBox("Error","Connecting to COM object failed")
    return
end if

loo_Ftp.Hostname = "www.my-ftp-server.com"
loo_Ftp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
loo_Ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"
loo_Ftp.AuthTls = 1
loo_Ftp.Passive = 1

// Connect and login to the FTP server using TLS.
li_Success = loo_Ftp.Connect()
if li_Success <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ftp
    return
end if

loo_StreamObj = create oleobject
li_rc = loo_StreamObj.ConnectToNewObject("Chilkat.Stream")

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

// Create a task to do the FTP download.
t = loo_Ftp.GetFileToStreamAsync("lines.txt",loo_StreamObj)
if loo_Ftp.LastMethodSuccess <> 1 then
    Write-Debug loo_Ftp.LastErrorText
    destroy loo_Ftp
    destroy loo_StreamObj
    return
end if

// 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 loo_StreamObj.EndOfStream <> 1
    ls_Line = loo_StreamObj.ReadToCRLF()
    if loo_StreamObj.LastMethodSuccess = 1 then
        Write-Debug ls_Line
    end if

loop
destroy t

Write-Debug "Success."


destroy loo_Ftp
destroy loo_StreamObj