RemoteFile Property
The name of the remote file for uploading, downloading, etc.
Syntax
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property contains the name of the remote file to upload, download, etc. and is either an absolute file path, or a relative path based on RemotePath.
A number of methods use RemoteFile as an argument.
Example (Setting RemoteFile)
FTPControl.LocalFile = "C:\localfile.txt" FTPControl.RemoteFile = "remotefile.txt" FTPControl.Download() FTPControl.LocalFile = "C:\localfile2.txt" FTPControl.RemoteFile = "folder/remotefile2.txt" FTPControl.Download()
Note: As long as file masks are supported by the server, then this property will also act as a file mask when performing ListDirectory or ListDirectoryLong. If not supported, then ApplyFileMaskLocally could be set to true to filter the results locally.
Example (Using RemoteFile as a file mask):
FTPControl.RemoteFile = "*.txt" FTPControl.ListDirectory()
The following special characters are supported for pattern matching:
| ? | Any single character. |
| * | Any characters or no characters. I.E., C*t matches Cat, Cot, Coast, Ct, etc) |
| [,-] | A range of characters. E.g.: [a-z], [a], [0-9], [0-9,a-d,f,r-z], etc. |
| \ | The slash is ignored and exact matching is performed on the next character. |
If the above characters need to be used as a literal in a pattern then they must be escaped by surrounding them with a []. (Note, "]" and "-" do not need to be escaped) See below for the escape sequences:
| Character | Escape Sequence |
| ? | [?] |
| * | [*] |
| [ | [[] |
| \ | [\] |
For example, to match the value [Something].txt specify the pattern [[]Something].txt