[Gambas-user] Problems working with FTPClient

[Tobias Boege]

On Sat, 16 Feb 2013, Tobias Boege wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Feb 2013, Beno?t Minisini wrote:
> > Le 16/02/2013 20:33, Tobias Boege a ?crit :
> > >> libcurl uses passive mode by default apparently.
> > >>
> > >> And you must not use sockets to deal with FtpClient. FtpClient is the
> > >> object you have to read in asynchronous mode.
> > >
> > > OK. I see the transfer delay in my application when using Exec(["LIST"]).
> > > The data seems to get to through to curl. But as a matter of fact, there is
> > > no way to access this data using FtpClient.
> > >
> > > It seems to be pretty straightforward to add my bPassive argument. Shall I
> > > try?
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Tobi
> > >
> > 
> > Do you use FtpClient in synchronous or asynchronous mode?
> > 
> 
> It doesn't work with either mode.
> 
> > Don't FtpClient raise its Read event when running the command?
> 
> True. AFAICS, it is only raised when Get() is executed without an argument
> and operates asynchronously?
> 
> I attached a sample project showing the PWD and LIST commands. The former
> doesn't need passive mode, the latter does. However, I couldn't get either
> one to do any output.
> 
> Additionally, FtpClient.Get() can be executed without argument and
> asynchronously - nothing happens here. The application seems to hang.
> 
> Regards,
> Tobi

Ahh! I must not use "Line Input #Last, sLine" but
"Read #Last, sFile, Lof(Last)" to make the Read event trigger for
FtpClient.Get(). I hope you can tell me why.

The problem persists, however, with the calls to Exec(). There's no way to
read their data.

Regards,
Tobi