Unicode C

Download Text File into String Variable

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Download a text file directly into a string variable. Unicode C

#include <C_CkFtp2W.h>

void ChilkatSample(void)
    {
    BOOL success;
    HCkFtp2W ftp;
    const wchar_t *fileContents;

    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.someFtpServer.com");
    CkFtp2W_putUsername(ftp,L"myFtpUserAccount");
    CkFtp2W_putPassword(ftp,L"myFtpPassword");

    // Set other possible settings...
    // See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
    // for more information about FTP connection settings.
    CkFtp2W_putPassive(ftp,TRUE);
    CkFtp2W_putAuthTls(ftp,TRUE);

    // Connect and login to the FTP server.
    success = CkFtp2W_Connect(ftp);
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    // Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
    success = CkFtp2W_ChangeRemoteDir(ftp,L"junk");
    if (success != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }

    // Download the contents of the remote file into a string variable.

    // The GetRemoteFileTextData method assumes the remote file contains ANSI chars.
    // To download text files containing non-ANSI text, such as utf-8, call GetRemoteFileTextC
    // instead. (see below)
    fileContents = CkFtp2W_getRemoteFileTextData(ftp,L"ansiText.txt");
    if (CkFtp2W_getLastMethodSuccess(ftp) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",fileContents);
    }

    // To download a remote text file containing utf-8 chars, 
    // call GetRemoteFileTextC and pass "utf-8" for the 2nd arg.  This tells
    // Chilkat to interpret the incoming bytes according to the utf-8 character encoding.

    fileContents = CkFtp2W_getRemoteFileTextC(ftp,L"utf8Text.txt",L"utf-8");
    if (CkFtp2W_getLastMethodSuccess(ftp) != TRUE) {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",CkFtp2W_lastErrorText(ftp));
        CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);
        return;
    }
    else {
        wprintf(L"%s\n",fileContents);
    }

    success = CkFtp2W_Disconnect(ftp);


    CkFtp2W_Dispose(ftp);

    }