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I need to be able to download a file from an FTP server...
BUT!
Without the use of controls....
AND with a progress meter!
I have code that I thought was working but it seems to be cutting off about 2 MB of each file.
I cant post the code since it is huge......
Anybody got anything thats not to complex?
Thanks!
Without a control, so does this mean you want to use APIs?
try doing a search for FtpGetFile.
As for a progress bar you could cheat
1. get file size before download
2. add a timer
3. use VB's FileLen function within the timer event
FtpGetFile freezes the app while downloading....
no good
tried it using threads? there is a post in the codebank abouot multithreading that might help ya
here:
http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...hreadid=296315
too much work...(I have no time for that!) lol
workload is piled high enough as is...
need quick solution
:)
If you don't have timme to implement it with threads, then you need to use a control. The reason controls exist for doing FTP is because it is not something you can just throw together in 5 minutes and have it working.
I have used the Chilkat FTP control and it has worked greate for me, plus it is free.
Info: http://www.chilkatsoft.com/ChilkatFtp.asp
Download: http://www.chilkatsoft.com/download/FtpActiveX.msi
:( I only wish....
we are restricted here to ONLY the controls installed in Access97 (Yes 97!!!):eek:
sooo...I have been tweaking the code that I already have to get it to work....only thing that stinks is that each test of the file download takes a long time since the range from 90 to 110 MB!
Still open for suggestions...
thanks for your help so far
Ok...Thanks anyway..but I got the code to work correctly.
It seems by changing the Byte Array to be the buffersize - 1 works perfectly!