(Xojo Plugin) Download Text File into String Variable

Download a text file directly into a string variable.

Chilkat Xojo Plugin Download Xojo Plugin for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and ARM, ARM64

// 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.someFtpServer.com"
ftp.Username = "myFtpUserAccount"
ftp.Password = "myFtpPassword"

// Set other possible settings...
// See http://www.cknotes.com/determining-ftp2-connection-settings/ 
// for more information about FTP connection settings.
ftp.Passive = True
ftp.AuthTls = True

// Connect and login to the FTP server.
Dim success As Boolean
success = ftp.Connect()
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
success = ftp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Download the contents of the remote file into a string variable.

// The GetRemoteFileTextData method assumes the remote file contains ANSI chars.
// To download text files containing non-ANSI text, such as utf-8, call GetRemoteFileTextC
// instead. (see below)
Dim fileContents As String
fileContents = ftp.GetRemoteFileTextData("ansiText.txt")
If (ftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
Else
    System.DebugLog(fileContents)
End If

// To download a remote text file containing utf-8 chars, 
// call GetRemoteFileTextC and pass "utf-8" for the 2nd arg.  This tells
// Chilkat to interpret the incoming bytes according to the utf-8 character encoding.

fileContents = ftp.GetRemoteFileTextC("utf8Text.txt","utf-8")
If (ftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(ftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
Else
    System.DebugLog(fileContents)
End If

success = ftp.Disconnect()