FTP Download Problem

[Jerry Daniels]

Thanks, Sarah and Andre...

I'll try the log approach. See if Andre can spot the anomaly.

No, not going to Malta. Not a Revolution conference junkie, yet!

-JD

On Aug 25, 2004, at 10:01 PM, Sarah Reichelt wrote:

>> I'm trying to download a stack from my server at IPowerWeb using 
>> xTalk in an application, It does not throw an error, but, instead, 
>> downloads a file with 0 bytes. My xTalk looks something like this:
>>
>>     put URL theRemoteURL into URL theLocalURL
>>
>> I can upload with no problems using the same URLs (in reversed 
>> positions, of course). If I change my download to an HTTP one, it 
>> works flawlessly. These are small to medium sized files, so I don't 
>> think that in this case "size matters." <GRIN>
>>
>> I've also tried the libURL call "libURLDownloadToFile" and get 
>> identical results to my script above.
>>
>> I've thought maybe it's the way my server is configured. I've added 
>> the mime type for .rev files. I can download files from my server 
>> using its own web-based services, so I know it's possible.
>>
>
> Here's the download handler I use (slightly edited, so not tested in 
> exactly this form):
>
> on startDownload pFileName
>   put "ftp://" into tURL
>   put fld "FTPuser" & ":" after tURL
>   put fld "FTPpass" & "@" after tURL
>   put fld "FTPserver" & "/" after tURL
>   put fld "FTPfolder" & "/" after tURL
>   put pFileName after tURL
>
>   put fld "SaveFolder" & pFileName into tSaveName
>   set the fileType  to ""
> 	
>   libURLDownloadToFile tURL, tSaveName, downloadDone
> end startDownload
>
> downloadDone is the name of the handler that gets called when the 
> download is finished.
>
> For testing purposes, I would recommend that you create a log field 
> and use the libURLSetLogField command to have the transcript of the 
> FTP session shown to you. This will tell you where any problem is 
> occurring.
>
> Cheers,
> Sarah
>
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