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SFTP Write Text File

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Demonstrates how to create a new text file on the remote SSH server, append text by calling WriteFileText one or more times, and then close the file. Xojo Plugin

Dim success As Boolean
success = False

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

Dim sftp As New Chilkat.SFtp

// Set some timeouts, in milliseconds:
sftp.ConnectTimeoutMs = 5000
sftp.IdleTimeoutMs = 15000

// Connect to the SSH server.  
// The standard SSH port = 22
// The hostname may be a hostname or IP address.
Dim hostname As String
hostname = "sftp.example.com"
Dim port As Int32
port = 22
success = sftp.Connect(hostname,port)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Authenticate with the SSH server.  Chilkat SFTP supports
// both password-based authenication as well as public-key
// authentication.  This example uses password authenication.
success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("myLogin","myPassword")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// After authenticating, the SFTP subsystem must be initialized:
success = sftp.InitializeSftp()
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Open a file on the server for writing.
// "createTruncate" means that a new file is created; if the file already exists, it is opened and truncated. 
Dim handle As String
handle = sftp.OpenFile("myTest.txt","writeOnly","createTruncate")
If (sftp.LastMethodSuccess <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Write some text to the file:
success = sftp.WriteFileText(handle,"ansi","abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = sftp.WriteFileText(handle,"ansi","1234567890")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

success = sftp.WriteFileText(handle,"ansi","ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

// Close the file.
success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle)
If (success <> True) Then
    System.DebugLog(sftp.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If

System.DebugLog("Success.")