(PowerShell) FTP Upload / Download to StringBuilder

Demonstrate how to upload from a Chilkat StringBuilder object, and download into a StringBuilder object.

Chilkat .NET Downloads Chilkat .NET Assemblies

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# This example assumes Chilkat Ftp2 to have been previously unlocked.
# See Unlock Ftp2 for sample code.

$ftp = New-Object Chilkat.Ftp2

$ftp.Hostname = "www.my-ftp-server.com"
$ftp.Username = "mFtpLogin"
$ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"

# Connect to the FTP server.
$success = $ftp.ConnectOnly()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Authenticate with the FTP server.
$success = $ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly()
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$sbA = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$sbA.LoadFile("qa_data/hamlet.xml","utf-8")

# Upload the contents of sbA to the FTP server.
$bIncludeBOM = $false
$remoteFilename = "hamletFromSb.xml"
$success = $ftp.PutFileSb($sbA,"utf-8",$bIncludeBOM,$remoteFilename)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Download...
$sbB = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $ftp.GetFileSb($remoteFilename,"utf-8",$sbB)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($ftp.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

# Verify that sbA and sbB have the exact same contents.
$("size of sbA: " + $sbA.Length)
$bCaseSensitive = $true
if ($sbA.ContentsEqualSb($sbB,$bCaseSensitive) -eq $true) {
    $("Contents are equal. Success.")
}
else {
    $("Contents are NOT equal.  Failed.")
}

$ftp.Disconnect()