(Visual Basic 6.0) FTP Upload / Download to a BinData Object

Demonstrates how to FTP upload the contents of a BinData object, and FTP downloads to the a BinData object.

Chilkat ActiveX Downloads ActiveX for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows

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

Dim ftp As New ChilkatFtp2

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

' Connect to the FTP server.
Dim success As Long
success = ftp.ConnectOnly()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Authenticate with the FTP server.
success = ftp.LoginAfterConnectOnly()
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim bdA As New ChilkatBinData
success = bdA.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/penguins.jpg")

' Upload the contents of bdA to the FTP server.
Dim remoteFilename As String
remoteFilename = "penguins.jpg"
success = ftp.PutFileBd(bdA,remoteFilename)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Download...
Dim bdB As New ChilkatBinData
success = ftp.GetFileBd(remoteFilename,bdB)
If (success <> 1) Then
    Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

' Verify that bdA and bdB have the exact same contents.
Debug.Print "size of bdA: " & bdA.NumBytes
If (bdA.ContentsEqual(bdB) = 1) Then
    Debug.Print "Contents are equal. Success."
Else
    Debug.Print "Contents are NOT equal.  Failed."
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()