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  1. Jul 8th, 2004, 07:47 AM #1
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    How to Download From FTP...[Resolved]

    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!
    Last edited by Static; Jul 8th, 2004 at 09:58 AM.
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  2. Jul 8th, 2004, 08:02 AM #2
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    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
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  3. Jul 8th, 2004, 08:29 AM #3
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    FtpGetFile freezes the app while downloading....

    no good
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    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
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    too much work...(I have no time for that!) lol

    workload is piled high enough as is...
    need quick solution
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    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
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  8. Jul 8th, 2004, 09:53 AM #7
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    I only wish....

    we are restricted here to ONLY the controls installed in Access97 (Yes 97!!!)

    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
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  9. Jul 8th, 2004, 09:58 AM #8
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    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!
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