FTP connection problems like 12003, what's this?!

[EdgarBM]

Hi,
I'm developping a control to work with FTP servers. I use Ftpxxx(...) API functions, which almost all return the error status with the function 'GetLastError'; no problem. The problem is that it returns error numbers like 12003 or 12017, all involved to Ftp functions and NO ONE OF THEM IS LISTED IN 'GetLastError' ERRORCODES!!.
I've found some of them looking at Mircosoft's web (not all which appeared!) but it only returns this error nor the list of all the possibilities. It's a problem!..I don't know how recover from an unknown error!!

Anyone knows where to find these errors?

Thanks in advance.

[mtnlvr]

This should help...

'internet error flags
Public Const INTERNET_ERROR_BASE = 12000
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_OUT_OF_HANDLES = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 1)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_TIMEOUT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 2)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_EXTENDED_ERROR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 3)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INTERNAL_ERROR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 4)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_URL = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 5)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_UNRECOGNIZED_SCHEME = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 6)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 7)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_PROTOCOL_NOT_FOUND = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 8)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_OPTION = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 9)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_BAD_OPTION_LENGTH = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 10)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_OPTION_NOT_SETTABLE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 11)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SHUTDOWN = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 12)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_USER_NAME = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 13)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_PASSWORD = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 14)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_LOGIN_FAILURE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 15)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_OPERATION = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 16)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_OPERATION_CANCELLED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 17)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_HANDLE_TYPE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 18)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_HANDLE_STATE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 19)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NOT_PROXY_REQUEST = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 20)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_REGISTRY_VALUE_NOT_FOUND = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 21)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_BAD_REGISTRY_PARAMETER = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 22)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NO_DIRECT_ACCESS = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 23)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NO_CONTEXT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 24)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NO_CALLBACK = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 25)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_REQUEST_PENDING = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 26)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INCORRECT_FORMAT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 27)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_ITEM_NOT_FOUND = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 28)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_CANNOT_CONNECT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 29)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_CONNECTION_ABORTED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 30)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_CONNECTION_RESET = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 31)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_FORCE_RETRY = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 32)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_PROXY_REQUEST = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 33)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NEED_UI = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 34)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_HANDLE_EXISTS = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 36)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_DATE_INVALID = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 37)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_CN_INVALID = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 38)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_HTTP_TO_HTTPS_ON_REDIR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 39)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_HTTPS_TO_HTTP_ON_REDIR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 40)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_MIXED_SECURITY = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 41)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_CHG_POST_IS_NON_SECURE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 42)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_POST_IS_NON_SECURE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 43)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_CLIENT_AUTH_CERT_NEEDED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 44)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INVALID_CA = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 45)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_CLIENT_AUTH_NOT_SETUP = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 46)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_ASYNC_THREAD_FAILED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 47)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_REDIRECT_SCHEME_CHANGE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 48)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_DIALOG_PENDING = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 49)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_RETRY_DIALOG = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 50)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_HTTPS_HTTP_SUBMIT_REDIR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 52)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_INSERT_CDROM = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 53)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_FORTEZZA_LOGIN_NEEDED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 54)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_ERRORS = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 55)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_NO_REV = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 56)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_REV_FAILED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 57)

'FTP API errors
Public Const ERROR_FTP_TRANSFER_IN_PROGRESS = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 110)
Public Const ERROR_FTP_DROPPED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 111)
Public Const ERROR_FTP_NO_PASSIVE_MODE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 112)

'gopher API errors
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_PROTOCOL_ERROR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 130)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_NOT_FILE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 131)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_DATA_ERROR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 132)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_END_OF_DATA = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 133)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_INVALID_LOCATOR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 134)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_INCORRECT_LOCATOR_TYPE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 135)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_NOT_GOPHER_PLUS = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 136)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_ATTRIBUTE_NOT_FOUND = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 137)
Public Const ERROR_GOPHER_UNKNOWN_LOCATOR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 138)

'HTTP API errors
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_HEADER_NOT_FOUND = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 150)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_DOWNLEVEL_SERVER = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 151)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_INVALID_SERVER_RESPONSE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 152)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_INVALID_HEADER = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 153)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_INVALID_QUERY_REQUEST = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 154)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_HEADER_ALREADY_EXISTS = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 155)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_REDIRECT_FAILED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 156)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_NOT_REDIRECTED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 160)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_COOKIE_NEEDS_CONFIRMATION = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 161)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_COOKIE_DECLINED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 162)
Public Const ERROR_HTTP_REDIRECT_NEEDS_CONFIRMATION = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 168)

'additional Internet API error codes
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SECURITY_CHANNEL_ERROR = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 157)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_UNABLE_TO_CACHE_FILE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 158)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_TCPIP_NOT_INSTALLED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 159)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_DISCONNECTED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 163)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SERVER_UNREACHABLE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 164)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_PROXY_SERVER_UNREACHABLE = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 165)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_BAD_AUTO_PROXY_SCRIPT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 166)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_UNABLE_TO_DOWNLOAD_SCRIPT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 167)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_INVALID_CERT = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 169)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_SEC_CERT_REVOKED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 170)

'InternetAutodial specific errors
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_FAILED_DUETOSECURITYCHECK = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 171)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NOT_INITIALIZED = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 172)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_NEED_MSN_SSPI_PKG = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 173)
Public Const ERROR_INTERNET_LOGIN_FAILURE_DISPLAY_ENTITY_BODY = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 174)
Public Const INTERNET_ERROR_LAST = (INTERNET_ERROR_BASE + 174)

[davem]

I have the code below. It is doing something wierd and InternetOpen doesn't get a hSession value after a while. I want to use GetLastError to see what's going on but how would I put that into this code?

I tried to put it after the InternetOpen but it doesn't give me an error... it says GetLastError = 'empty' every time. Soes this mean that there was no error with InternetOpen or do I have to use SetLastError = 0 to initialize it?

Public Function GetURLSource(sURL As String)
 
'On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
 
    Dim sBuffer As String * BUFFER_LEN, iResult As Integer, sData As String
    Dim hInternet As Long, hSession As Long, lReturn As Long
    'SetLastError 0
 
    hSession = InternetOpen("vb wininet", 1, vbNullString, vbNullString, 0)
    If GetLastError <> 0 Then 'this is what I added but it never gives me any error (it's always equal to 'empty'
        systemMessage.AddItem "GetCurrentProcess Error==" & GetLastError
    End If
 
    If hSession Then hInternet = InternetOpenUrl(hSession, sURL, vbNullString, 0, IF_NO_CACHE_WRITE, 0)
 
    If hInternet Then
        iResult = InternetReadFile(hInternet, sBuffer, BUFFER_LEN, lReturn)
        sData = sBuffer
        Do While lReturn <> 0
            iResult = InternetReadFile(hInternet, sBuffer, BUFFER_LEN, lReturn)
            sData = sData + Mid(sBuffer, 1, lReturn)
        Loop
    End If
   
    iResult = InternetCloseHandle(hInternet)
 
    GetURLSource = sData
    
Exit Function
ErrorHandler:
'MsgBox "Sub/Function: GetURLSource" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Encountered error #" & Err.Number & vbCrLf & Err.Description
'Resume Next
End Function

Thanks.