A simple FTP client class

Anyone who has used the WinInet FTP functions has probably noticed that there are a few handy features that are lacking. In particular, I wanted some code that would:

• Support the same firewalls as WS-FTP
• Allow me to execute arbitrary commands on the FTP server
• Add around 10K to my app install rather than WinInet's 1Mb #-)

To use:
If you created your app without checking the "Use Windows Sockets" checkbox in AppWizard, you'll need to add the following bit of code to you app's InitInstance()

if(!AfxSocketInit())
{
	AfxMessageBox("Could not initialize Windows Sockets!");
	return FALSE;
}

1. Create an object of CFTPclient.
2. Use LogOnToServer() to connect to the server. Any arguments not used (e.g. if you're not using a firewall), pass an empty string or zero for numeric args. You must pass a server port number, use the FTP default of 21 if you don't know what it is.
3. Use MoveFile() to upload/download a file, 1st arg is local file path, 2nd arg is remote file path, 3rd arg is TRUE for a PASV connection (required by some firewalls), FALSE otherwise, 4th arg is TRUE to upload, FALSE to download file. MoveFile only works in synchronous mode (ie the function will not return 'till the transfer is finished). File transfers are always of type BINARY.
4. You can use FTPcommand() to execute FTP commands. Note that this function will return FALSE unless the server response is a 200 series code. This should work fine for most commands, otherwise you can use WriteStr() and ReadStr() to send commands & interpret the response yourself. Use LogOffServer() to disconnect when done. Note: The required FTP server commands may have different syntax to a command line FTP client you may be used to. Check out RFC 959 for more nfo on what the available commands are.

Useage example:

CFTPclient ftp;

// connect to FTP server
if(!ftp.LogOnToServer("ftp.server.com",21,"mylogon","mypass","","","","",0,0))	
{
	MessageBox(ftp.m_retmsg);
	return;
}

// change directory on FTP server
if(!ftp.FTPcommand("CWD /home/images"))
{
	MessageBox(ftp.m_retmsg);
	ftp.LogOffServer();
	return;
}

// upload a file
ftp.MoveFile("myfile.gif","myfile.gif",FALSE,TRUE);

// show the result of the operation
MessageBox(ftp.m_retmsg);

// disconnect from server
ftp.LogOffServer();

Download demo project - [38KB]