This post points to the various examples and blog posts scattered among the chilkatsoft.com, example-code.com, and cknotes.com involving progress monitoring of FTP uploads and downloads using the Chilkat FTP2 ActiveX, .NET component, and C++ libs. Important for Monitoring Upload Progress: The SendBufferSize property is set to a large value (512K) to maximize performance. Unfortunately, this usually ruins the frequency of […]
Question: Is there a way to encrypt a file with progress monitoring? Huge files can take a while and it seems like the app is hanging. Answer: Yes, here is the sample VB6 code: Public WithEvents myCrypt As ChilkatCrypt2 ‘ …. Private Sub myCrypt_PercentDone(ByVal pctDone As Long) ProgressBar1.Value = pctDone End Sub Private Sub Command2_Click() Set myCrypt = New ChilkatCrypt2 […]
Here is an example: Dim WithEvents http As Chilkat.Http Private Sub http_OnPercentDone(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal args As Chilkat.PercentDoneEventArgs) Handles http.OnPercentDone ProgressBar1.Value = args.PercentDone End Sub Private Sub HttpDownloadTest() http = New Chilkat.Http() Dim success As Boolean ‘ Any string unlocks the component for the 1st 30-days. success = http.UnlockComponent(“Anything for 30-day trial”) If (success True) Then MsgBox(http.LastErrorText) Exit Sub […]
The FTP2 component’s SyncLocalTree method downloads an entire directory tree from an FTP server to the local filesystem. There are several modes of operation: mode=0: Download all files mode=1: Download all files that do not exist on the local filesystem. mode=2: Download newer or non-existant files. mode=3: Download only newer files. If a file does not already exist on the […]