VB.NET

FTP Bandwidth Throttle for Downloads

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Demonstrates the Chilkat FTP2 download bandwidth throttling property : BandwidthThrottleDown. VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim ftp As New Chilkat.Ftp2

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

' To use FTP bandwidth throttling, set the BandwidthThrottleDown
' property to a maximum desired bytes/second:
' This example limits the download to 50K per second.
ftp.BandwidthThrottleDown = 50000

' The default data transfer mode is "Active" as opposed to "Passive".

' Connect and login to the FTP server.
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(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 <> True) Then
    Debug.WriteLine(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Exit Sub
End If


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

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


success = ftp.Disconnect()

Debug.WriteLine("File Downloaded!")