[AccessD] FTP

Mark A Matte markamatte at hotmail.com
Wed Mar 7 10:11:57 CST 2007


John,

I use some older VBA code as well...I downloaded (or it was emailed) an 
example years ago and took out the parts I needed.   There are no credits in 
the db...but the properties are locked out...not sure why.  If you want a 
copy...email offlist.

Thanks,

Mark A. Matte


>From: "Jim Dettman" <jimdettman at verizon.net>
>Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem 
>solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem 
>solving'"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>Subject: Re: [AccessD] FTP
>Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:00:19 -0500
>
>John,
>
>   I use two different approaches:
>
>1. Older code VBA based which uses the built-in Microsoft FTP client.  I
>script a batch file, execute it, wait for it to finish, then parse the
>resulting log file.  I have procedures for Uploading, Downloading, Fetching
>a directory list, and deleting FTP files.
>
>    I like this approach because it's simple.  No installation worries and 
>I
>can troubleshoot very easily as what the code does is exactly what I would
>do from the command line.  It's not often I have problems with it.
>
>2. I use the FTP Classes from Dev's web site.  I've used this quit a few
>projects.  Cleaner to code by far then #1, but difficult to trouble shoot
>when something goes wrong (pretty much always has been my mistake). There
>can be installation issues as the code relies on WinInet.dll.  I did have
>one client where FTP operations did not work through my app or IE, so I
>swapped out the code for #1, which worked.  Never took the time to figure
>out why.
>
>HTH,
>Jim
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of JWColby
>Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:22 AM
>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>Subject: [AccessD] FTP
>
>I noticed at least one person discussing monitoring directories and FTPing
>up/down.  For those that do that, what method do you use for implementing
>the FTP stuff?  I have been developing similar capabilities using 3DFTP
>(which I love and recommend highly) and an API to program to it.
>
>John W. Colby
>Colby Consulting
>www.ColbyConsulting.com
>
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