An easy one

Im haveing a problem getting this to work. VB doesn't except the inet variable as the name of an object


Dim inet As Object
Dim y As Variant
Dim x As Integer
x = 1
inet = "inet" & x

'this is just sample code to show what in trying to do.
inet.Protocol = icFTP
inet.AccessType = icNamedProxy
inet.URL = .Fields("sourceftp")
inet.RemotePort = .Fields("sourceftpport")
inet.UserName = .Fields("sourceusername")
inet.Password = .Fields("sourcepassword")

Quote:

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Dim inet As Object
Dim y As Variant
Dim x As Integer
x = 1
inet = "inet" & x

'this is just sample code to show what in trying to do.
inet.Protocol = icFTP
inet.AccessType = icNamedProxy
inet.URL = .Fields("sourceftp")
inet.RemotePort = .Fields("sourceftpport")
inet.UserName = .Fields("sourceusername")
inet.Password = .Fields("sourcepassword")

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You can't assign values to an Object variable like that. If you want the inet to be a winsock control (looks like it) then you use the SET keyword.

Set inet = New Winsock

Though I'm unsure where you're getting the other variables, the '.' variables have no foundation that I'm aware of in VB (I could be wrong) as the '.' usually denotes a method or property of an object.

If you could clarify more what you're trying to do, then it would be easier to help you out ;)

I am working on a program that will xfer files from an ftp site at certain times.

Now, If i schedule 4 jobs to run at 1 am I don't want to say. inet1 (component) go and download this file from this site. then logoff and go the the next site and get its file, and so on until all 4 jobs are done.
lets just say site 2 starts to download a 100meg file. I don't want my jobs waiting until the inet1 gets done before the others can go.

So i was thinking that I would create a buffer of inet components (about 10).
I would then just say. inet1 are you connected to a url right now? if so, goto inet2 and ask, and so on, until it finds an inet component thats not busy.

Then once it finds a free inet component it uses that.

What i was hoping is that I could find a work around without having all this same code posted over and over as below.:

Code:

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If Inet1.URL = (Empty) Then
 Inet1.Protocol = icFTP
 Inet1.AccessType = icNamedProxy
 Inet1.Proxy = "sci-proxy-01:80"
 Inet1.URL = .Fields("sourceftp")
 Inet1.RemotePort = .Fields("sourceftpport")
 Inet1.UserName = .Fields("sourceusername")
 Inet1.Password = .Fields("sourcepassword")

 Dim command As String
 Dim fso As Variant
 Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

 fso.CreateFolder ("c:\gcs\ftptmp1")
 Dim dirpath As String
 dirpath = "d:\gcs\ftptmp1\"
 command = "get " & .Fields("sourceURL") & " " & dirpath
 Inet1.Execute , command
End If


If Inet2.URL = (Empty) Then
 Inet2.Protocol = icFTP
 Inet2.AccessType = icNamedProxy
 Inet2.Proxy = "sci-proxy-01:80"
 Inet2.URL = .Fields("sourceftp")
 Inet2.RemotePort = .Fields("sourceftpport")
 Inet2.UserName = .Fields("sourceusername")
 Inet2.Password = .Fields("sourcepassword")

 Dim command As String
 Dim fso As Variant
 Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

 fso.CreateFolder ("c:\gcs\ftptmp2")
 Dim dirpath As String
 dirpath = "d:\gcs\ftptmp2\"
 command = "get " & .Fields("sourceURL") & " " & dirpath
 Inet2.Execute , command
End If

'keep repeating this for 8 more times

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I was hoping that the code i posted above would work to simplify the whole proccess.

Any Ideas????

You can't access controls with variable names.
inet(x) you have to use Inet1, Inet2, Inet3
Your first sample of code didn't have a set in it.
You declared the object but didn't set it.
Set inet = whatever the control object is (I don't know)