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Download Directory Tree Listing as XML

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Downloads a complete remote directory tree listing in XML format. The directory tree in XML format looks like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<dirTree>
    <file>bookstore.xml</file>
    <file>hamlet.xml</file>
    <file>hamlet.zip</file>
    <file>japanese.xml</file>
    <file>New Text Document (2).txt</file>
    <file>New Text Document.txt</file>
    <file>nutrition.xml</file>
    <file>pigs.xml</file>
    <file>plants.xml</file>
    <dir name="subdir1">
        <file>box.ico</file>
        <file>Setup.exe</file>
        <dir name="a">
            <file>dude.gif</file>
            <file>HelloWorld123.txt</file>
        </dir>
    </dir>
    <dir name="subdir2">
        <file>scream.jpg</file>
    </dir>
</dirTree>


Chilkat Xbase++ Downloads

Xbase++
LOCAL nSuccess
LOCAL oFtp
LOCAL cStrXml

nSuccess := 0

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

oFtp := CreateObject("Chilkat.Ftp2")

oFtp:Hostname := "ftp.something.com"
oFtp:Username := "test"
oFtp:Password := "test"

//  Connect and login to the FTP server.
nSuccess := oFtp:Connect()
IF (nSuccess != 1)
    ? oFtp:LastErrorText
    oFtp:destroy()
    RETURN
ENDIF

//  Recursively download the listings for the complete
//  remote directory tree at the current remote dir.
//  In this case, we haven't called ChangeRemoteDir,
//  so the current remote dir is the root directory of the
//  FTP account.

cStrXml := oFtp:DirTreeXml()

? cStrXml

nSuccess := oFtp:Disconnect()

oFtp:destroy()