(Visual Basic 6.0) ProgressMonSize Property

Demonstrates the case where the ProgressMonSize property is required to monitor the progress of FTP downloads.

When a file is downloaded, most FTP servers will indicate the file size in the intermediate "150" response. For example:

RETR hamlet.xml
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for hamlet.xml (279658 Bytes).
226 Transfer complete.

However, some FTP servers do not provide the file size. For example, from a FileZilla server:

RETR files.txt
150 Connection accepted
226 Transfer OK

If the file size is not present, the component does not know how many bytes are forthcoming, and therefore it is not possible to monitor percentage completion progress -- unless the application provides a little help by setting the ProgressMonSize property just prior to calling GetFile.

The application should set the ProgressMonSize to the size indicated by GetSizeByName as demonstrated in this example.

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

Dim WithEvents ftp As  ChilkatFtp2

' PercentDone callback method.
Private Sub ftp_PercentDone(ByVal percentDone As Long, abort As Long)
    Debug.Print "Percent Done: " & percentDone
End Sub

' ProgressInfo callback method.
Private Sub ftp_ProgressInfo(ByVal name As String, ByVal value As String)
    Debug.Print name & ": " & value
End Sub

private Sub ChilkatExample()

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

    Set  ftp = New ChilkatFtp2

    ftp.Hostname = "ftp.example.com"
    ftp.Username = "login"
    ftp.Password = "password"

    ftp.KeepSessionLog = 1

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

    ' Change to the remote directory where the file is located.
    ' This step is only necessary if the file is not in the root directory
    ' for the FTP account.
    success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
    If (success <> 1) Then
        Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    ' Download a file.
    Dim localFilename As String
    localFilename = "hamlet.xml"
    Dim remoteFilename As String
    remoteFilename = "hamlet.xml"

    ' If the FTP server does not supply the file size in the "150"
    ' intermediate response (to the RETR command), then tell
    ' the component how many bytes are forthcoming (if your
    ' application wishes to monitor the progress as a percentage
    ' completion).
    Dim fileSize As Long
    fileSize = ftp.GetSizeByName(remoteFilename)
    ftp.ProgressMonSize = fileSize

    success = ftp.GetFile(remoteFilename,localFilename)
    If (success <> 1) Then
        Debug.Print ftp.LastErrorText
        Exit Sub
    End If

    Debug.Print ftp.SessionLog

    success = ftp.Disconnect()

End Sub