Code Samples

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Downloading a File

Listing 1 demonstrates using the Download static method of the FtpClient class. You can connect, download and disconnect in a single method call. Alternatively, you can connect and perform multiple operations using the instance methods before disconnecting.

FtpClient.Download("ftp.microsoft.com", _
                   "anonymous", _
                   "me@mycompany.com", _
                   TransferMode.Binary, _
                   "/Services/Museum/pictures/ballmerplunge.jpg", _
                   "c:\temp\ballmerplunge.jpg")
									

Listing 1 Using the Download static method of the FtpClient class

Uploading a File

Listing 2 demonstrates using the Upload static method of the FtpClient class. You can connect, upload and disconnect in a single method call. Alternatively, you can connect and perform multiple operations using the instance methods before disconnecting.

FtpClient.Upload("ftp.microsoft.com", _
                 "sballmer", _
                 "topsecret", _
                 TransferMode.Binary, _
                 "c:\temp\ballmerplunge.jpg", _
                 "/Services/Museum/pictures/ballmerplunge.jpg")
									

Listing 2 Using the Upload static method of the FtpClient class

Listing a Directory's Contents

Listing 3 lists a remote directory's contents and parses the returned text to make processing easier.

Dim ftpClient as New FtpClient()
Dim listLines() as String
Dim directoryListItems() As DirectoryListItem

ftpClient.Connect("ftp.microsoft.com", "anonymous", "me@mycompany.com")

' Get directory listing as a string array
listLines = ftpClient.RemoteDirectory.List("/Services/Museum/pictures")

' Parse directory listing lines and sort into alphabetic order
directoryListItems = DirectoryListParser.ParseDirectoryList(listLines)
DirectoryListItem.Sort(directoryListItems)

' Process directory list items

ftpClient.Disconnect()
									

Listing 3 Listing a Directory's Contents