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ConnectFailReason

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The ConnectFailReason property can be examined to determine the reason why the Connect method failed. The possible values are listed in the source code below:

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Unicode C
#include <C_CkFtp2W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2W ftp;
    int failReason;

    success = FALSE;

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

    ftp = CkFtp2W_Create();

    CkFtp2W_putHostname(ftp,L"ftp.example.com");
    CkFtp2W_putUsername(ftp,L"login");
    CkFtp2W_putPassword(ftp,L"password");

    // Connect and login to the FTP server.
    success = CkFtp2W_Connect(ftp);
    if (success != TRUE) {

        // The possible failure reasons are:
        // 0 = success
        // 
        // Normal (non-TLS) sockets:
        // 1 = empty hostname
        // 2 = DNS lookup failed
        // 3 = DNS timeout
        // 4 = Aborted by application.
        // 5 = Internal failure.
        // 6 = Connect Timed Out
        // 7 = Connect Rejected (or failed for some other reason)
        // 
        // SSL/TLS:
        // 100 = TLS internal error.
        // 101 = Failed to send client hello.
        // 102 = Unexpected handshake message.
        // 103 = Failed to read server hello.
        // 104 = No server certificate.
        // 105 = Unexpected TLS protocol version.
        // 106 = Server certificate verify failed (the server certificate is expired or the cert's signature verification failed).
        // 107 = Unacceptable TLS protocol version.
        // 109 = Failed to read handshake messages.
        // 110 = Failed to send client certificate handshake message.
        // 111 = Failed to send client key exchange handshake message.
        // 112 = Client certificate's private key not accessible.
        // 113 = Failed to send client cert verify handshake message.
        // 114 = Failed to send change cipher spec handshake message.
        // 115 = Failed to send finished handshake message.
        // 116 = Server's Finished message is invalid.
        // 
        // FTP:
        // 200 = Connected, but failed to receive greeting from FTP server.
        // 201 = Failed to do AUTH TLS or AUTH SSL.
        // Protocol/Component:
        // 300 = asynch op in progress
        // 301 = login failure.

        failReason = CkFtp2W_getConnectFailReason(ftp);

        wprintf(L"connect fail reason = %d\n",failReason);

        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    // ..


    CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);

    }