ftp

[petermeachem]

I'm thinking of using the msinet control to ftp user files off to a server somewhere. That's fine and dandy but..
There will be another programme that copies the files of the server and then deletes them.
How can I tell if the upload has finished so I don't copy half of the user's work of art and then delete it? Peter Meachem
peter@accuflight.com

 

[wallisd]

This doesn't answer your question (cause I'm not sure what the answer is), but I found much more success with Mabry's FTP/X control than the inet ftp...

 

[petermeachem]

Well the ms one seems to work a treat, and I've got it already. Peter Meachem
peter@accuflight.com

 

[MichaelRed]

Look at the properties of the inet control. Somewhere there are a couple of things to help. If I recall correctly, you need to poll the conrtrol for a status. You basically need to just WAIT till the inet control has finished processing.

MichaelRed
mred@att.net

There is never time to do it right but there is always time to do it over

 

[petermeachem]

So that's 'read the help' then! I shall go and do that. Thanks Peter Meachem
peter@accuflight.com

 

[MichaelRed]

Sorry, Peter. I did not mean to be so cryptic. To many spoons in te soup kettle. It is a bit arcane about how these are normally set-up. I believe I saw a 'reasonable' example here in Tek-Tips a while back (a year?). Not my example, but one which gets the generic "close" to for operation. MichaelRed
mred@att.net

There is never time to do it right but there is always time to do it over

 

[adamr1001]

goto vbworld and search for ftp... you should be linked to the internet transfer controol.. somewhere you will run into a sample ftp program that works great. if you want to confirm uploads, simply get a list of the directory's contents. (DIR) hope this helps.

 

[petermeachem]

Michael, I wasn't trying to be sarcastic. I meant it Peter Meachem
peter@accuflight.com