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Get Number of FIles in Directory, not including sub-directories

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_LANGUAGE_ example demonstrating how to get the number of files in a directory not including sub-directories.

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Unicode C++
#include <CkFtp2W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    bool success = false;

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

    CkFtp2W ftp;

    ftp.put_Hostname(L"ftp.example.com");
    ftp.put_Username(L"login");
    ftp.put_Password(L"password");

    // Connect and login to the FTP server.
    success = ftp.Connect();
    if (success != true) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    // The ListPattern property is our directory listing filter.
    // The default value is "*", which includes everything.
    wprintf(L"%s\n",ftp.listPattern());

    // Fetch the current remote directory contents by
    // calling GetDirCount
    int i;
    int n;
    n = ftp.GetDirCount();
    if (n < 0) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",ftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
    }

    if (n > 0) {
        // Loop over the directory contents, incrementing the count
        // each time it is NOT a directory.
        int fileCount = 0;
        for (i = 0; i <= n - 1; i++) {

            // Is this NOT a sub-directory?
            if (ftp.GetIsDirectory(i) != true) {
                fileCount = fileCount + 1;
                // Display the filename
                wprintf(L"%s\n",ftp.getFilename(i));
            }

        }

        wprintf(L"Total number of files = %d\n",fileCount);
    }

    success = ftp.Disconnect();
    }