Connect
Connect is used to determine the hostname or IP address and the port of the FTPA protocol used to transfer files between network computers. server.
Syntax
FTPObject connect (STRING hostname, LONG port, BOOL PassiveMode STRING user, STRING password)
Where:
Hostname- can be the IP address or the hostname (example:www.gfi.com)Port- Port number – an Integer between 1 and 65535PassiveMode- is eitherTRUEorFALSE. False sets the mode to Active.User- FTP username. For anonymous logon specify username asanonymous.Password- FTP password. For anonymous logon use an e-mail address such as (lnss@gfi.com) as the password.
Returns
FTP Object.
Example
An example which echoes the current FTP working directory:
Function Main
Dim FTPobj as Object
ip = "127.0.0.1"
port = 21
mode = FALSE
username = "anonymous"
password = "test@lnss.com"
Set FTPobj=FTP.Connect (ip,21,mode,username,password)
cdir = FTPobj.GetCurrentDirectory
echo cdir
End Function