Visual FoxPro

Save String Variable to File on FTP Server

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Save the contents of a string variable to a file on an FTP server. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loFtp
LOCAL lcFileContents
LOCAL lcRemoteFilename

lnSuccess = 0

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

loFtp = CreateObject('Chilkat.Ftp2')

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

*  Connect and login to the FTP server.
lnSuccess = loFtp.Connect()
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  Change to the remote directory where the existing file is located.
lnSuccess = loFtp.ChangeRemoteDir("junk")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

*  Upload the contents of a string to a remote file.
lcFileContents = "To be, or not to be: that is the question."
lcRemoteFilename = "hamletQuote.txt"

lnSuccess = loFtp.PutFileFromTextData(lcRemoteFilename,lcFileContents,"utf-8")
IF (lnSuccess <> 1) THEN
    ? loFtp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loFtp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnSuccess = loFtp.Disconnect()

? "String Uploaded!"

RELEASE loFtp