(VBScript) SFTP Upload and Download to a BinData Object

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Demonstrates how to SFTP upload from a BinData object, and download into a BinData object.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

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

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.SFtp")
set sftp = CreateObject("Chilkat.SFtp")

' Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000
sftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 10000

' Connect to the SSH server and then authenticate.
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect("MY-SSH-SERVER-DOMAIN-OR-IP",port)
If (success = 1) Then
    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("MY-SSH-LOGIN","MY-SSH-PASSWORD")
    If (success = 1) Then
        success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
    End If

End If

If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.BinData")
set bdA = CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = bdA.LoadFile("qa_data/jpg/penguins.jpg")

' Upload the contents of bdA to the SSH/SFTP server.
remotePath = "sftpTesting/penguins.jpg"
success = sftp.UploadBd(bdA,remotePath)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

' Download the file..
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.BinData")
set bdB = CreateObject("Chilkat.BinData")
success = sftp.DownloadBd(remotePath,bdB)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(sftp.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

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

sftp.Disconnect 

outFile.Close