FTP Control
Properties Methods Events Config Settings Errors
The FTP Control can be used to transfer files to and from FTP servers using the FTP protocol.
Syntax
FTP
Remarks
The FTP Control supports both plaintext and Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) connections. When connecting over Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) the SSLServerAuthentication event allows you to check the server identity and other security attributes. The SSLStatus event provides information about the SSL handshake. Additional SSL-related settings are also supported through the Config method.
The FTP Control implements a standard FTP client as specified in RFC 959 and RFC 1579 with the added option of SSL security (RFC 2228) in both the protocol and data channels.
The first step in using the control is specifying the RemoteHost, User and Password. The file to upload to or download from is given by the RemoteFile property. The file to download to or upload from is specified by LocalFile. The current path in the server is set by calling ChangeRemotePath. The Passive property is especially useful if the client is behind a firewall, which inhibits incoming connections to higher ports.
If LocalFile is set to something other than an empty string, then files are received in LocalFile, and otherwise data are received through the Transfer event. StartTransfer and EndTransfer are fired at the beginning and end of transmission.
The PITrail event traces the interaction between the client and the server (the FTP protocol interface connection).
Directory listings are received through the DirList event.
Property List
The following is the full list of the properties of the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
Account | The property includes the user account needed to log in. |
Connected | Whether the control is connected. |
DirListCount | The number of records in the DirList arrays. |
DirListEntry | This property contains the raw entry as received from the server. |
DirListFileName | This property shows the file name in the last directory listing. |
DirListFileSize | This property shows the file size in the last directory listing. |
DirListFileTime | This property shows the file time in the last directory listing. |
DirListIsDir | This property specifies whether entries in the last directory listing are directories. |
DirListIsSymlink | This property indicates whether the entry is a symbolic link. |
FirewallAutoDetect | Whether to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
FirewallType | The type of firewall to connect through. |
FirewallHost | The name or IP address of the firewall (optional). |
FirewallPassword | A password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
FirewallPort | The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port for the firewall Host . |
FirewallUser | A username if authentication is to be used when connecting through a firewall. |
Idle | The current status of the control. |
LastReply | This property indicates the last reply received from the server. |
LocalFile | This is the path to a local file for download or upload. If the file exists, it is overwritten. |
LocalHost | The name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
Overwrite | This indicates whether or not the control should overwrite files during transfer. |
Passive | This controls whether or not to direct the server into a passive mode. It is recommended if behind a firewall. |
Password | This is the password used to log in. |
RemoteFile | This is the name of the remote file for uploading, downloading, and performing other operations. |
RemoteHost | This is the domain name or IP address of the FTP server. |
RemotePort | This is the port for the FTP service (default is 21). |
SSLAcceptServerCertEffectiveDate | The date on which this certificate becomes valid. |
SSLAcceptServerCertExpirationDate | The date on which the certificate expires. |
SSLAcceptServerCertExtendedKeyUsage | A comma-delimited list of extended key usage identifiers. |
SSLAcceptServerCertFingerprint | The hex-encoded, 16-byte MD5 fingerprint of the certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertFingerprintSHA1 | The hex-encoded, 20-byte SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertFingerprintSHA256 | The hex-encoded, 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertIssuer | The issuer of the certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKey | The private key of the certificate (if available). |
SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKeyAvailable | Whether a PrivateKey is available for the selected certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKeyContainer | The name of the PrivateKey container for the certificate (if available). |
SSLAcceptServerCertPublicKey | The public key of the certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertPublicKeyAlgorithm | The textual description of the certificate's public key algorithm. |
SSLAcceptServerCertPublicKeyLength | The length of the certificate's public key (in bits). |
SSLAcceptServerCertSerialNumber | The serial number of the certificate encoded as a string. |
SSLAcceptServerCertSignatureAlgorithm | The text description of the certificate's signature algorithm. |
SSLAcceptServerCertStore | The name of the certificate store for the client certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertStorePassword | If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store. |
SSLAcceptServerCertStoreType | The type of certificate store for this certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertSubjectAltNames | Comma-separated lists of alternative subject names for the certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertThumbprintMD5 | The MD5 hash of the certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertThumbprintSHA1 | The SHA-1 hash of the certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertThumbprintSHA256 | The SHA-256 hash of the certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertUsage | The text description of UsageFlags . |
SSLAcceptServerCertUsageFlags | The flags that show intended use for the certificate. |
SSLAcceptServerCertVersion | The certificate's version number. |
SSLAcceptServerCertSubject | The subject of the certificate used for client authentication. |
SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded | The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). |
SSLCertEffectiveDate | The date on which this certificate becomes valid. |
SSLCertExpirationDate | The date on which the certificate expires. |
SSLCertExtendedKeyUsage | A comma-delimited list of extended key usage identifiers. |
SSLCertFingerprint | The hex-encoded, 16-byte MD5 fingerprint of the certificate. |
SSLCertFingerprintSHA1 | The hex-encoded, 20-byte SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate. |
SSLCertFingerprintSHA256 | The hex-encoded, 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate. |
SSLCertIssuer | The issuer of the certificate. |
SSLCertPrivateKey | The private key of the certificate (if available). |
SSLCertPrivateKeyAvailable | Whether a PrivateKey is available for the selected certificate. |
SSLCertPrivateKeyContainer | The name of the PrivateKey container for the certificate (if available). |
SSLCertPublicKey | The public key of the certificate. |
SSLCertPublicKeyAlgorithm | The textual description of the certificate's public key algorithm. |
SSLCertPublicKeyLength | The length of the certificate's public key (in bits). |
SSLCertSerialNumber | The serial number of the certificate encoded as a string. |
SSLCertSignatureAlgorithm | The text description of the certificate's signature algorithm. |
SSLCertStore | The name of the certificate store for the client certificate. |
SSLCertStorePassword | If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store. |
SSLCertStoreType | The type of certificate store for this certificate. |
SSLCertSubjectAltNames | Comma-separated lists of alternative subject names for the certificate. |
SSLCertThumbprintMD5 | The MD5 hash of the certificate. |
SSLCertThumbprintSHA1 | The SHA-1 hash of the certificate. |
SSLCertThumbprintSHA256 | The SHA-256 hash of the certificate. |
SSLCertUsage | The text description of UsageFlags . |
SSLCertUsageFlags | The flags that show intended use for the certificate. |
SSLCertVersion | The certificate's version number. |
SSLCertSubject | The subject of the certificate used for client authentication. |
SSLCertEncoded | The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). |
SSLEnabled | This property indicates whether Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer (TLS/SSL) is enabled. |
SSLProvider | The Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) implementation to use. |
SSLServerCertEffectiveDate | The date on which this certificate becomes valid. |
SSLServerCertExpirationDate | The date on which the certificate expires. |
SSLServerCertExtendedKeyUsage | A comma-delimited list of extended key usage identifiers. |
SSLServerCertFingerprint | The hex-encoded, 16-byte MD5 fingerprint of the certificate. |
SSLServerCertFingerprintSHA1 | The hex-encoded, 20-byte SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate. |
SSLServerCertFingerprintSHA256 | The hex-encoded, 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate. |
SSLServerCertIssuer | The issuer of the certificate. |
SSLServerCertPrivateKey | The private key of the certificate (if available). |
SSLServerCertPrivateKeyAvailable | Whether a PrivateKey is available for the selected certificate. |
SSLServerCertPrivateKeyContainer | The name of the PrivateKey container for the certificate (if available). |
SSLServerCertPublicKey | The public key of the certificate. |
SSLServerCertPublicKeyAlgorithm | The textual description of the certificate's public key algorithm. |
SSLServerCertPublicKeyLength | The length of the certificate's public key (in bits). |
SSLServerCertSerialNumber | The serial number of the certificate encoded as a string. |
SSLServerCertSignatureAlgorithm | The text description of the certificate's signature algorithm. |
SSLServerCertStore | The name of the certificate store for the client certificate. |
SSLServerCertStorePassword | If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store. |
SSLServerCertStoreType | The type of certificate store for this certificate. |
SSLServerCertSubjectAltNames | Comma-separated lists of alternative subject names for the certificate. |
SSLServerCertThumbprintMD5 | The MD5 hash of the certificate. |
SSLServerCertThumbprintSHA1 | The SHA-1 hash of the certificate. |
SSLServerCertThumbprintSHA256 | The SHA-256 hash of the certificate. |
SSLServerCertUsage | The text description of UsageFlags . |
SSLServerCertUsageFlags | The flags that show intended use for the certificate. |
SSLServerCertVersion | The certificate's version number. |
SSLServerCertSubject | The subject of the certificate used for client authentication. |
SSLServerCertEncoded | The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). |
SSLStartMode | This property determines how the control starts the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) negotiation. |
StartByte | This is the byte index in RemoteFile and LocalFile from which to start a transmission. |
Timeout | The timeout for the control. |
TransferMode | This property indicates the transfer mode (ASCII or binary). If the value is 0 (default), the initial server mode will be used. |
User | This property contains the user identifier to use to log in. |
Method List
The following is the full list of the methods of the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
Abort | The method aborts the current upload or download. |
Append | This method appends data from LocalFile to a RemoteFile on an FTP server. |
ChangeRemotePath | This method changes the current path on the FTP server. |
ChangeTransferMode | This method changes the transfer mode for the current connection. |
CheckFileExists | This method returns True if the file specified by RemoteFile exists on the server. |
Config | Sets or retrieves a configuration setting. |
Connect | This method connects to the FTP server without logging in. |
DeleteFile | This method removes a file specified by FileName from an FTP server. |
Disconnect | This method disconnects from the server without first logging off. |
DoEvents | This method processes events from the internal message queue. |
Download | This method downloads a RemoteFile from an FTP server. |
Interrupt | This method interrupts the current method. |
ListDirectory | List the current directory specified by ChangeRemotePath on an FTP server. |
ListDirectoryLong | This method lists extended directory information for the remote path specified by calling ChangeRemotePath . |
Logoff | This method is used to log off from the FTP server by posting a QUIT command. |
Logon | This method is used to log on to the FTP RemoteHost using the current User and Password . |
MakeDirectory | This method is used to create a directory on the FTP server. |
QueryFileTime | This returns the modified time of the file specified by RemoteFile . |
QueryRemotePath | This queries the server for the current path. |
RemoveDirectory | This removes a directory specified by DirName from an FTP server. |
RenameFile | This changes the name of RemoteFile to NewName . |
Reset | This method will reset the control. |
SendCommand | This method sends the exact command directly to the server. |
StoreUnique | This method uploads a file with a unique name to an FTP server. |
Upload | This method uploads a file specified by LocalFile to an FTP server. |
Event List
The following is the full list of the events fired by the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
ConnectionStatus | Fired to indicate changes in the connection state. |
DirList | This event is fired when a directory entry is received. |
EndTransfer | This event is fired when a file finishes downloading or uploading. |
Error | Fired when information is available about errors during data delivery. |
PITrail | This event traces the commands sent to the server, and the respective replies. |
SSLServerAuthentication | Fired after the server presents its certificate to the client. |
SSLStatus | Fired when secure connection progress messages are available. |
StartTransfer | This event fires when a file starts downloading or uploading. |
Transfer | This event is fired during the file download or upload. |
Config Settings
The following is a list of config settings for the control with short descriptions. Click on the links for further details.
ActiveModeIP | Allows the specification of the IP address that the server will connect to for active mode connections. |
ActiveModePORTAddress | Allows the specification of the PORT address value for active mode connections. |
AppendToLocalFile | Append downloaded files to a local file. |
ApplyFileMaskLocally | Whether to filter the directory listing locally or on the server. |
AutoSelectDataIP | Automatically select the data connection IP. |
CalculatePercentDone | Enables or Disables calculating the percent complete for downloads. |
CheckTotalEntry | Whether to ignore directory listing total lines. |
DILinger | When set to True, DI connections are terminated gracefully. |
DILingerTime | Time in seconds to have the DI connection linger. |
FileTimeFormat | The format of file time reported by the server. |
IgnoreEntries | Directory entry data to ignore. |
MaskSensitiveData | Masks passwords in logs. |
ModeZCompressionLevel | Used to specify the level of compression used. |
PortRange | Allows the specification of a port range where the control listens for active mode connections. |
PreserveFileTime | Attempts to preserve timestamps when transferring files. |
RealTimeUpload | Enables real time uploading. |
RealTimeUploadAgeLimit | The age limit in seconds when using RealTimeUpload. |
ReusePISSLSessionInDI | Whether the PI SSL session will be reused for the DI connection. |
ReuseSSLSessionInDI | Whether the SSL session will be reused for the DI connection. |
UseClearChannel | Allows for the Clear Command Channel (CCC) command. |
UseClearDataChannel | Allows for the PROT C command. |
UseEPSV | Allows extended passive mode. |
UseMLSD | Uses listings for machine processing. |
UseMLST | Uses single file listing for machine processing. |
UseModeZ | Allows compression to be used when transferring data. |
UseOldAUTHSSL | Allows use of the 'AUTH SSL' command instead of 'AUTH TLS'. |
UseProtWhenImplicit | Sends the PROT P command to the server. |
UseRemoteHostAddressForPassive | Instructs the control to use the address specified by RemoteHost when establishing a data connection. |
VirtualHostName | Sends the HOST command to the server. |
ConnectionTimeout | Sets a separate timeout value for establishing a connection. |
FirewallAutoDetect | Tells the control whether or not to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available. |
FirewallHost | Name or IP address of firewall (optional). |
FirewallPassword | Password to be used if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. |
FirewallPort | The TCP port for the FirewallHost;. |
FirewallType | Determines the type of firewall to connect through. |
FirewallUser | A user name if authentication is to be used connecting through a firewall. |
KeepAliveInterval | The retry interval, in milliseconds, to be used when a TCP keep-alive packet is sent and no response is received. |
KeepAliveTime | The inactivity time in milliseconds before a TCP keep-alive packet is sent. |
Linger | When set to True, connections are terminated gracefully. |
LingerTime | Time in seconds to have the connection linger. |
LocalHost | The name of the local host through which connections are initiated or accepted. |
LocalPort | The port in the local host where the control binds. |
MaxLineLength | The maximum amount of data to accumulate when no EOL is found. |
MaxTransferRate | The transfer rate limit in bytes per second. |
ProxyExceptionsList | A semicolon separated list of hosts and IPs to bypass when using a proxy. |
TCPKeepAlive | Determines whether or not the keep alive socket option is enabled. |
TcpNoDelay | Whether or not to delay when sending packets. |
UseIPv6 | Whether to use IPv6. |
LogSSLPackets | Controls whether SSL packets are logged when using the internal security API. |
OpenSSLCADir | The path to a directory containing CA certificates. |
OpenSSLCAFile | Name of the file containing the list of CA's trusted by your application. |
OpenSSLCipherList | A string that controls the ciphers to be used by SSL. |
OpenSSLPrngSeedData | The data to seed the pseudo random number generator (PRNG). |
ReuseSSLSession | Determines if the SSL session is reused. |
SSLCACerts | A newline separated list of CA certificates to be included when performing an SSL handshake. |
SSLCheckCRL | Whether to check the Certificate Revocation List for the server certificate. |
SSLCheckOCSP | Whether to use OCSP to check the status of the server certificate. |
SSLCipherStrength | The minimum cipher strength used for bulk encryption. |
SSLClientCACerts | A newline separated list of CA certificates to use during SSL client certificate validation. |
SSLEnabledCipherSuites | The cipher suite to be used in an SSL negotiation. |
SSLEnabledProtocols | Used to enable/disable the supported security protocols. |
SSLEnableRenegotiation | Whether the renegotiation_info SSL extension is supported. |
SSLIncludeCertChain | Whether the entire certificate chain is included in the SSLServerAuthentication event. |
SSLKeyLogFile | The location of a file where per-session secrets are written for debugging purposes. |
SSLNegotiatedCipher | Returns the negotiated cipher suite. |
SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength | Returns the negotiated cipher suite strength. |
SSLNegotiatedCipherSuite | Returns the negotiated cipher suite. |
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchange | Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm. |
SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrength | Returns the negotiated key exchange algorithm strength. |
SSLNegotiatedVersion | Returns the negotiated protocol version. |
SSLSecurityFlags | Flags that control certificate verification. |
SSLServerCACerts | A newline separated list of CA certificates to use during SSL server certificate validation. |
TLS12SignatureAlgorithms | Defines the allowed TLS 1.2 signature algorithms when SSLProvider is set to Internal. |
TLS12SupportedGroups | The supported groups for ECC. |
TLS13KeyShareGroups | The groups for which to pregenerate key shares. |
TLS13SignatureAlgorithms | The allowed certificate signature algorithms. |
TLS13SupportedGroups | The supported groups for (EC)DHE key exchange. |
AbsoluteTimeout | Determines whether timeouts are inactivity timeouts or absolute timeouts. |
FirewallData | Used to send extra data to the firewall. |
InBufferSize | The size in bytes of the incoming queue of the socket. |
OutBufferSize | The size in bytes of the outgoing queue of the socket. |
CodePage | The system code page used for Unicode to Multibyte translations. |
MaskSensitiveData | Whether sensitive data is masked in log messages. |
UseInternalSecurityAPI | Whether or not to use the system security libraries or an internal implementation. |
Account Property (FTP Control)
The property includes the user account needed to log in.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Account[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property contains the user account to use when logging in. Some servers may require an Account to Logon or to access specific privileges, such as uploading or deleting files.
Data Type
String
Connected Property (FTP Control)
Whether the control is connected.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Connected
Default Value
False
Remarks
This property is used to determine whether or not the control is connected to the remote host. Use the Connect and Disconnect methods to manage the connection.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Boolean
DirListCount Property (FTP Control)
The number of records in the DirList arrays.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.DirListCount
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property controls the size of the following arrays:
The array indices start at 0 and end at DirListCount - 1.This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
DirListEntry Property (FTP Control)
This property contains the raw entry as received from the server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.DirListEntry(EntryIndex)
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property contains the raw entry as received from the server. It is the complete unparsed entry in the directory listing.
The EntryIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the DirListCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
DirListFileName Property (FTP Control)
This property shows the file name in the last directory listing.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.DirListFileName(EntryIndex)
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property shows the file name in the last directory listing. This also may be the directory name if a directory is being listed. You can tell whether it is a file or a directory by the Boolean DirListIsDir property.
The EntryIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the DirListCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
DirListFileSize Property (FTP Control)
This property shows the file size in the last directory listing.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.DirListFileSize(EntryIndex)
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property shows the file size in the last directory listing.
The EntryIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the DirListCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Long64
DirListFileTime Property (FTP Control)
This property shows the file time in the last directory listing.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.DirListFileTime(EntryIndex)
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property shows the file time in the last directory listing. This contains the date/time stamp in which the file was created.
Note: In Unix systems, the date is given in two types of formats: If the date is in the past 12 months, the exact time is specified and the year is omitted. Otherwise, only the date and the year, but not hours or minutes, are given.
The EntryIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the DirListCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
String
DirListIsDir Property (FTP Control)
This property specifies whether entries in the last directory listing are directories.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.DirListIsDir(EntryIndex)
Default Value
False
Remarks
This property specifies whether entries in the last directory listing are directories. This Boolean value denotes whether or not the directory entry listed in DirListFileName is a file or a directory.
The EntryIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the DirListCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Boolean
DirListIsSymlink Property (FTP Control)
This property indicates whether the entry is a symbolic link.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.DirListIsSymlink(EntryIndex)
Default Value
False
Remarks
This property indicates whether the entry is a symbolic link. When the entry is a symbolic link, the value of DirListIsDir will always be False because this information is not returned in the directory listing. To inspect a symlink to determine if it is a link to a file or a folder, set RemoteFile and query the FileAttributes.FileIsDir property.
The EntryIndex parameter specifies the index of the item in the array. The size of the array is controlled by the DirListCount property.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Boolean
FirewallAutoDetect Property (FTP Control)
Whether to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.FirewallAutoDetect[=boolean]
Default Value
False
Remarks
Whether to automatically detect and use firewall system settings, if available.
Data Type
Boolean
FirewallType Property (FTP Control)
The type of firewall to connect through.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.FirewallType[=integer]
Possible Values
fwNone(0), fwTunnel(1), fwSOCKS4(2), fwSOCKS5(3), fwSOCKS4A(10)
Default Value
0
Remarks
The type of firewall to connect through. The applicable values are as follows:
fwNone (0) | No firewall (default setting). |
fwTunnel (1) | Connect through a tunneling proxy. FirewallPort is set to 80. |
fwSOCKS4 (2) | Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
fwSOCKS5 (3) | Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
fwSOCKS4A (10) | Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
Data Type
Integer
FirewallHost Property (FTP Control)
The name or IP address of the firewall (optional).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.FirewallHost[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
The name or IP address of the firewall (optional). If a FirewallHost is given, the requested connections will be authenticated through the specified firewall when connecting.
If this property is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, this property is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, the control fails with an error.
Data Type
String
FirewallPassword Property (FTP Control)
A password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.FirewallPassword[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
A password if authentication is to be used when connecting through the firewall. If FirewallHost is specified, the FirewallUser and FirewallPassword properties are used to connect and authenticate to the given firewall. If the authentication fails, the control fails with an error.
Data Type
String
FirewallPort Property (FTP Control)
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port for the firewall Host .
Syntax
ftpcontrol.FirewallPort[=integer]
Default Value
0
Remarks
The Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) port for the firewall FirewallHost. See the description of the FirewallHost property for details.
Note: This property is set automatically when FirewallType is set to a valid value. See the description of the FirewallType property for details.
Data Type
Integer
FirewallUser Property (FTP Control)
A username if authentication is to be used when connecting through a firewall.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.FirewallUser[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
A username if authentication is to be used when connecting through a firewall. If FirewallHost is specified, this property and the FirewallPassword property are used to connect and authenticate to the given Firewall. If the authentication fails, the control fails with an error.
Data Type
String
Idle Property (FTP Control)
The current status of the control.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Idle
Default Value
True
Remarks
This property will be False if the component is currently busy (communicating or waiting for an answer), and True at all other times.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Boolean
LastReply Property (FTP Control)
This property indicates the last reply received from the server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.LastReply
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property indicates the last reply received from the server. It can be used for informational purposes. The same information and more also can be retrieved through the PITrail event.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
LocalFile Property (FTP Control)
This is the path to a local file for download or upload. If the file exists, it is overwritten.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.LocalFile[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property is used by the Upload and Download methods to specify the path to a local file to be downloaded or uploaded. See the method descriptions for more information.
Example (Setting LocalFile)
FTPControl.LocalFile = "C:\localfile.txt"
FTPControl.RemoteFile = "remotefile.txt"
FTPControl.Download()
FTPControl.LocalFile = "C:\localfile2.txt"
FTPControl.RemoteFile = "folder/remotefile2.txt"
FTPControl.Download()
Data Type
String
LocalHost Property (FTP Control)
The name of the local host or user-assigned IP interface through which connections are initiated or accepted.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.LocalHost[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property contains the name of the local host as obtained by the gethostname() system call, or if the user has assigned an IP address, the value of that address.
In multihomed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface) setting LocalHost to the IP address of an interface will make the control initiate connections (or accept in the case of server controls) only through that interface. It is recommended to provide an IP address rather than a hostname when setting this property to ensure the desired interface is used.
If the control is connected, the LocalHost property shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multihomed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).
Note: LocalHost is not persistent. You must always set it in code, and never in the property window.
Data Type
String
Overwrite Property (FTP Control)
This indicates whether or not the control should overwrite files during transfer.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Overwrite[=boolean]
Default Value
False
Remarks
This property is a value indicating whether or not the control should overwrite downloaded files. If Overwrite is False, an error will be thrown whenever LocalFile exists before a download operation.
Data Type
Boolean
Passive Property (FTP Control)
This controls whether or not to direct the server into a passive mode. It is recommended if behind a firewall.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Passive[=boolean]
Default Value
True
Remarks
This property controls whether or not to direct the server into a passive mode. Many firewalls will not allow the FTP server to open a connection from outside to the higher ports where the FTP client control expects them to be. If Passive is set to TRUE, the control will use the PASV command instead of the PORT command and thus will direct the server into a passive mode: connections are initiated only by the client.
Data Type
Boolean
Password Property (FTP Control)
This is the password used to log in.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Password[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property contains the password used to log in. It must be set before the control connects to the FTP server.
Data Type
String
RemoteFile Property (FTP Control)
This is the name of the remote file for uploading, downloading, and performing other operations.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.RemoteFile[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property contains the name of the remote file to be uploaded or downloaded and is either an absolute file path or a relative path based on the remote path set by calling ChangeRemotePath.
A number of methods use RemoteFile as an argument.
Example 1. 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 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 2. 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 (e.g., C*t matches Cat, Cot, Coast, Ct). |
[,-] | A range of characters (e.g., [a-z], [a], [0-9], [0-9,a-d,f,r-z]). |
\ | The slash is ignored and exact matching is performed on the next character. |
If these characters need to be used as a literal in a pattern, then they must be escaped by surrounding them with brackets []. 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.
Data Type
String
RemoteHost Property (FTP Control)
This is the domain name or IP address of the FTP server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.RemoteHost[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property specifies the IP address (IP number in dotted internet format) or the domain name of the FTP server. It is set before a connection is attempted and cannot be changed once a connection is in progress.
If this property is set to a domain name, a DNS request is initiated and upon successful termination of the request, this property is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.
If the control is configured to use a SOCKS firewall, the value assigned to this property may be preceded with an "*". If this is the case, the host name is passed to the firewall unresolved and the firewall performs the DNS resolution.
Data Type
String
RemotePort Property (FTP Control)
This is the port for the FTP service (default is 21).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.RemotePort[=integer]
Default Value
21
Remarks
This property contains the port for the FTP service, which defaults to 21 if not set. A valid port number (a value between 1 and 65535) is required for the connection to take place. The property must be set before a connection is attempted and cannot be changed once a connection is established. Any attempt to change this property while connected will fail with an error.
For an implicit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), use port 990 (please see the SSLStartMode property for more information).
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Integer
SSLAcceptServerCertEffectiveDate Property (FTP Control)
The date on which this certificate becomes valid.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertEffectiveDate
Default Value
""
Remarks
The date on which this certificate becomes valid. Before this date, it is not valid. The date is localized to the system's time zone. The following example illustrates the format of an encoded date:
23-Jan-2000 15:00:00.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertExpirationDate Property (FTP Control)
The date on which the certificate expires.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertExpirationDate
Default Value
""
Remarks
The date on which the certificate expires. After this date, the certificate will no longer be valid. The date is localized to the system's time zone. The following example illustrates the format of an encoded date:
23-Jan-2001 15:00:00.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertExtendedKeyUsage Property (FTP Control)
A comma-delimited list of extended key usage identifiers.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertExtendedKeyUsage
Default Value
""
Remarks
A comma-delimited list of extended key usage identifiers. These are the same as ASN.1 object identifiers (OIDs).
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertFingerprint Property (FTP Control)
The hex-encoded, 16-byte MD5 fingerprint of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertFingerprint
Default Value
""
Remarks
The hex-encoded, 16-byte MD5 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.
The following example illustrates the format: bc:2a:72:af:fe:58:17:43:7a:5f:ba:5a:7c:90:f7:02
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertFingerprintSHA1 Property (FTP Control)
The hex-encoded, 20-byte SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertFingerprintSHA1
Default Value
""
Remarks
The hex-encoded, 20-byte SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.
The following example illustrates the format: 30:7b:fa:38:65:83:ff:da:b4:4e:07:3f:17:b8:a4:ed:80:be:ff:84
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertFingerprintSHA256 Property (FTP Control)
The hex-encoded, 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertFingerprintSHA256
Default Value
""
Remarks
The hex-encoded, 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.
The following example illustrates the format: 6a:80:5c:33:a9:43:ea:b0:96:12:8a:64:96:30:ef:4a:8a:96:86:ce:f4:c7:be:10:24:8e:2b:60:9e:f3:59:53
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertIssuer Property (FTP Control)
The issuer of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertIssuer
Default Value
""
Remarks
The issuer of the certificate. This property contains a string representation of the name of the issuing authority for the certificate.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKey Property (FTP Control)
The private key of the certificate (if available).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKey
Default Value
""
Remarks
The private key of the certificate (if available). The key is provided as PEM/Base64-encoded data.
Note: The SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKey may be available but not exportable. In this case, SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKey returns an empty string.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKeyAvailable Property (FTP Control)
Whether a PrivateKey is available for the selected certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKeyAvailable
Default Value
False
Remarks
Whether a SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKey is available for the selected certificate. If SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKeyAvailable is True, the certificate may be used for authentication purposes (e.g., server authentication).
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Boolean
SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKeyContainer Property (FTP Control)
The name of the PrivateKey container for the certificate (if available).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKeyContainer
Default Value
""
Remarks
The name of the SSLAcceptServerCertPrivateKey container for the certificate (if available). This functionality is available only on Windows platforms.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertPublicKey Property (FTP Control)
The public key of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertPublicKey
Default Value
""
Remarks
The public key of the certificate. The key is provided as PEM/Base64-encoded data.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertPublicKeyAlgorithm Property (FTP Control)
The textual description of the certificate's public key algorithm.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertPublicKeyAlgorithm
Default Value
""
Remarks
The textual description of the certificate's public key algorithm. The property contains either the name of the algorithm (e.g., "RSA" or "RSA_DH") or an object identifier (OID) string representing the algorithm.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertPublicKeyLength Property (FTP Control)
The length of the certificate's public key (in bits).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertPublicKeyLength
Default Value
0
Remarks
The length of the certificate's public key (in bits). Common values are 512, 1024, and 2048.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Integer
SSLAcceptServerCertSerialNumber Property (FTP Control)
The serial number of the certificate encoded as a string.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertSerialNumber
Default Value
""
Remarks
The serial number of the certificate encoded as a string. The number is encoded as a series of hexadecimal digits, with each pair representing a byte of the serial number.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertSignatureAlgorithm Property (FTP Control)
The text description of the certificate's signature algorithm.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertSignatureAlgorithm
Default Value
""
Remarks
The text description of the certificate's signature algorithm. The property contains either the name of the algorithm (e.g., "RSA" or "RSA_MD5RSA") or an object identifier (OID) string representing the algorithm.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertStore Property (FTP Control)
The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertStore[=string]
Default Value
"MY"
Remarks
The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
The SSLAcceptServerCertStoreType property denotes the type of the certificate store specified by SSLAcceptServerCertStore. If the store is password-protected, specify the password in SSLAcceptServerCertStorePassword.
SSLAcceptServerCertStore is used in conjunction with the SSLAcceptServerCertSubject property to specify client certificates. If SSLAcceptServerCertStore has a value, and SSLAcceptServerCertSubject or SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please see the SSLAcceptServerCertSubject property for details.
Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.
The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:
MY | A certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys. |
CA | Certifying authority certificates. |
ROOT | Root certificates. |
When the certificate store type is cstPFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is cstPFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e., PKCS#12 certificate store).
To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLAcceptServerCertStoreB.
Data Type
Binary String
SSLAcceptServerCertStorePassword Property (FTP Control)
If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertStorePassword[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertStoreType Property (FTP Control)
The type of certificate store for this certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertStoreType[=integer]
Possible Values
cstUser(0), cstMachine(1), cstPFXFile(2), cstPFXBlob(3), cstJKSFile(4), cstJKSBlob(5), cstPEMKeyFile(6), cstPEMKeyBlob(7), cstPublicKeyFile(8), cstPublicKeyBlob(9), cstSSHPublicKeyBlob(10), cstP7BFile(11), cstP7BBlob(12), cstSSHPublicKeyFile(13), cstPPKFile(14), cstPPKBlob(15), cstXMLFile(16), cstXMLBlob(17), cstJWKFile(18), cstJWKBlob(19), cstSecurityKey(20), cstBCFKSFile(21), cstBCFKSBlob(22), cstPKCS11(23), cstAuto(99)
Default Value
0
Remarks
The type of certificate store for this certificate.
The control supports both public and private keys in a variety of formats. When the cstAuto value is used, the control will automatically determine the type. This property can take one of the following values:
0 (cstUser - default) | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user.
Note: This store type is not available in Java. |
1 (cstMachine) | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store.
Note: This store type is not available in Java. |
2 (cstPFXFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS#12) file containing certificates. |
3 (cstPFXBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS#12) format. |
4 (cstJKSFile) | The certificate store is the name of a Java Key Store (JKS) file containing certificates.
Note: This store type is only available in Java. |
5 (cstJKSBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java Key Store (JKS) format.
Note: This store type is only available in Java. |
6 (cstPEMKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
7 (cstPEMKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
8 (cstPublicKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
9 (cstPublicKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
10 (cstSSHPublicKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key. |
11 (cstP7BFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PKCS#7 file containing certificates. |
12 (cstP7BBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary) representing a certificate store in PKCS#7 format. |
13 (cstSSHPublicKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key. |
14 (cstPPKFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key). |
15 (cstPPKBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary) that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key). |
16 (cstXMLFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format. |
17 (cstXMLBlob) | The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format. |
18 (cstJWKFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key). |
19 (cstJWKBlob) | The certificate store is a string that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key). |
21 (cstBCFKSFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store).
Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET. |
22 (cstBCFKSBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store) format.
Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET. |
23 (cstPKCS11) | The certificate is present on a physical security key accessible via a PKCS#11 interface.
To use a security key, the necessary data must first be collected using the CertMgr control. The ListStoreCertificates method may be called after setting CertStoreType to cstPKCS11, CertStorePassword to the PIN, and CertStore to the full path of the PKCS#11 DLL. The certificate information returned in the CertList event's CertEncoded parameter may be saved for later use. When using a certificate, pass the previously saved security key information as the SSLAcceptServerCertStore and set SSLAcceptServerCertStorePassword to the PIN. Code Example. SSH Authentication with Security Key:
|
99 (cstAuto) | The store type is automatically detected from the input data. This setting may be used with both public and private keys and can detect any of the supported formats automatically. |
Data Type
Integer
SSLAcceptServerCertSubjectAltNames Property (FTP Control)
Comma-separated lists of alternative subject names for the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertSubjectAltNames
Default Value
""
Remarks
Comma-separated lists of alternative subject names for the certificate.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertThumbprintMD5 Property (FTP Control)
The MD5 hash of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertThumbprintMD5
Default Value
""
Remarks
The MD5 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertThumbprintSHA1 Property (FTP Control)
The SHA-1 hash of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertThumbprintSHA1
Default Value
""
Remarks
The SHA-1 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertThumbprintSHA256 Property (FTP Control)
The SHA-256 hash of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertThumbprintSHA256
Default Value
""
Remarks
The SHA-256 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertUsage Property (FTP Control)
The text description of UsageFlags .
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertUsage
Default Value
""
Remarks
The text description of SSLAcceptServerCertUsageFlags.
This value will be one or more of the following strings and will be separated by commas:
- Digital Signature
- Non-Repudiation
- Key Encipherment
- Data Encipherment
- Key Agreement
- Certificate Signing
- CRL Signing
- Encipher Only
If the provider is OpenSSL, the value is a comma-separated list of X.509 certificate extension names.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertUsageFlags Property (FTP Control)
The flags that show intended use for the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertUsageFlags
Default Value
0
Remarks
The flags that show intended use for the certificate. The value of SSLAcceptServerCertUsageFlags is a combination of the following flags:
0x80 | Digital Signature |
0x40 | Non-Repudiation |
0x20 | Key Encipherment |
0x10 | Data Encipherment |
0x08 | Key Agreement |
0x04 | Certificate Signing |
0x02 | CRL Signing |
0x01 | Encipher Only |
Please see the SSLAcceptServerCertUsage property for a text representation of SSLAcceptServerCertUsageFlags.
This functionality currently is not available when the provider is OpenSSL.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Integer
SSLAcceptServerCertVersion Property (FTP Control)
The certificate's version number.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertVersion
Default Value
""
Remarks
The certificate's version number. The possible values are the strings "V1", "V2", and "V3".
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertSubject Property (FTP Control)
The subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertSubject[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
The subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
This property must be set after all other certificate properties are set. When this property is set, a search is performed in the current certificate store to locate a certificate with a matching subject.
If a matching certificate is found, the property is set to the full subject of the matching certificate.
If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.
If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.
The special value "*" picks a random certificate in the certificate store.
The certificate subject is a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=support@nsoftware.com". Common fields and their meanings are as follows:
Field | Meaning |
CN | Common Name. This is commonly a hostname like www.server.com. |
O | Organization |
OU | Organizational Unit |
L | Locality |
S | State |
C | Country |
E | Email Address |
If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.
Data Type
String
SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded Property (FTP Control)
The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSLAcceptServerCertStore and SSLAcceptServerCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.
When SSLAcceptServerCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSLAcceptServerCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSLAcceptServerCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSLAcceptServerCertSubject is set to an empty string.
To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLAcceptServerCertEncodedB.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Binary String
SSLCertEffectiveDate Property (FTP Control)
The date on which this certificate becomes valid.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertEffectiveDate
Default Value
""
Remarks
The date on which this certificate becomes valid. Before this date, it is not valid. The date is localized to the system's time zone. The following example illustrates the format of an encoded date:
23-Jan-2000 15:00:00.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertExpirationDate Property (FTP Control)
The date on which the certificate expires.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertExpirationDate
Default Value
""
Remarks
The date on which the certificate expires. After this date, the certificate will no longer be valid. The date is localized to the system's time zone. The following example illustrates the format of an encoded date:
23-Jan-2001 15:00:00.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertExtendedKeyUsage Property (FTP Control)
A comma-delimited list of extended key usage identifiers.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertExtendedKeyUsage
Default Value
""
Remarks
A comma-delimited list of extended key usage identifiers. These are the same as ASN.1 object identifiers (OIDs).
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertFingerprint Property (FTP Control)
The hex-encoded, 16-byte MD5 fingerprint of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertFingerprint
Default Value
""
Remarks
The hex-encoded, 16-byte MD5 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.
The following example illustrates the format: bc:2a:72:af:fe:58:17:43:7a:5f:ba:5a:7c:90:f7:02
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertFingerprintSHA1 Property (FTP Control)
The hex-encoded, 20-byte SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertFingerprintSHA1
Default Value
""
Remarks
The hex-encoded, 20-byte SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.
The following example illustrates the format: 30:7b:fa:38:65:83:ff:da:b4:4e:07:3f:17:b8:a4:ed:80:be:ff:84
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertFingerprintSHA256 Property (FTP Control)
The hex-encoded, 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertFingerprintSHA256
Default Value
""
Remarks
The hex-encoded, 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.
The following example illustrates the format: 6a:80:5c:33:a9:43:ea:b0:96:12:8a:64:96:30:ef:4a:8a:96:86:ce:f4:c7:be:10:24:8e:2b:60:9e:f3:59:53
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertIssuer Property (FTP Control)
The issuer of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertIssuer
Default Value
""
Remarks
The issuer of the certificate. This property contains a string representation of the name of the issuing authority for the certificate.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertPrivateKey Property (FTP Control)
The private key of the certificate (if available).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertPrivateKey
Default Value
""
Remarks
The private key of the certificate (if available). The key is provided as PEM/Base64-encoded data.
Note: The SSLCertPrivateKey may be available but not exportable. In this case, SSLCertPrivateKey returns an empty string.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertPrivateKeyAvailable Property (FTP Control)
Whether a PrivateKey is available for the selected certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertPrivateKeyAvailable
Default Value
False
Remarks
Whether a SSLCertPrivateKey is available for the selected certificate. If SSLCertPrivateKeyAvailable is True, the certificate may be used for authentication purposes (e.g., server authentication).
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Boolean
SSLCertPrivateKeyContainer Property (FTP Control)
The name of the PrivateKey container for the certificate (if available).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertPrivateKeyContainer
Default Value
""
Remarks
The name of the SSLCertPrivateKey container for the certificate (if available). This functionality is available only on Windows platforms.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertPublicKey Property (FTP Control)
The public key of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertPublicKey
Default Value
""
Remarks
The public key of the certificate. The key is provided as PEM/Base64-encoded data.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertPublicKeyAlgorithm Property (FTP Control)
The textual description of the certificate's public key algorithm.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertPublicKeyAlgorithm
Default Value
""
Remarks
The textual description of the certificate's public key algorithm. The property contains either the name of the algorithm (e.g., "RSA" or "RSA_DH") or an object identifier (OID) string representing the algorithm.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertPublicKeyLength Property (FTP Control)
The length of the certificate's public key (in bits).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertPublicKeyLength
Default Value
0
Remarks
The length of the certificate's public key (in bits). Common values are 512, 1024, and 2048.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Integer
SSLCertSerialNumber Property (FTP Control)
The serial number of the certificate encoded as a string.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertSerialNumber
Default Value
""
Remarks
The serial number of the certificate encoded as a string. The number is encoded as a series of hexadecimal digits, with each pair representing a byte of the serial number.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertSignatureAlgorithm Property (FTP Control)
The text description of the certificate's signature algorithm.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertSignatureAlgorithm
Default Value
""
Remarks
The text description of the certificate's signature algorithm. The property contains either the name of the algorithm (e.g., "RSA" or "RSA_MD5RSA") or an object identifier (OID) string representing the algorithm.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertStore Property (FTP Control)
The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertStore[=string]
Default Value
"MY"
Remarks
The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
The SSLCertStoreType property denotes the type of the certificate store specified by SSLCertStore. If the store is password-protected, specify the password in SSLCertStorePassword.
SSLCertStore is used in conjunction with the SSLCertSubject property to specify client certificates. If SSLCertStore has a value, and SSLCertSubject or SSLCertEncoded is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please see the SSLCertSubject property for details.
Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.
The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:
MY | A certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys. |
CA | Certifying authority certificates. |
ROOT | Root certificates. |
When the certificate store type is cstPFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is cstPFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e., PKCS#12 certificate store).
To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLCertStoreB.
Data Type
Binary String
SSLCertStorePassword Property (FTP Control)
If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertStorePassword[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
Data Type
String
SSLCertStoreType Property (FTP Control)
The type of certificate store for this certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertStoreType[=integer]
Possible Values
cstUser(0), cstMachine(1), cstPFXFile(2), cstPFXBlob(3), cstJKSFile(4), cstJKSBlob(5), cstPEMKeyFile(6), cstPEMKeyBlob(7), cstPublicKeyFile(8), cstPublicKeyBlob(9), cstSSHPublicKeyBlob(10), cstP7BFile(11), cstP7BBlob(12), cstSSHPublicKeyFile(13), cstPPKFile(14), cstPPKBlob(15), cstXMLFile(16), cstXMLBlob(17), cstJWKFile(18), cstJWKBlob(19), cstSecurityKey(20), cstBCFKSFile(21), cstBCFKSBlob(22), cstPKCS11(23), cstAuto(99)
Default Value
0
Remarks
The type of certificate store for this certificate.
The control supports both public and private keys in a variety of formats. When the cstAuto value is used, the control will automatically determine the type. This property can take one of the following values:
0 (cstUser - default) | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user.
Note: This store type is not available in Java. |
1 (cstMachine) | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store.
Note: This store type is not available in Java. |
2 (cstPFXFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS#12) file containing certificates. |
3 (cstPFXBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS#12) format. |
4 (cstJKSFile) | The certificate store is the name of a Java Key Store (JKS) file containing certificates.
Note: This store type is only available in Java. |
5 (cstJKSBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java Key Store (JKS) format.
Note: This store type is only available in Java. |
6 (cstPEMKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
7 (cstPEMKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
8 (cstPublicKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
9 (cstPublicKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
10 (cstSSHPublicKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key. |
11 (cstP7BFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PKCS#7 file containing certificates. |
12 (cstP7BBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary) representing a certificate store in PKCS#7 format. |
13 (cstSSHPublicKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key. |
14 (cstPPKFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key). |
15 (cstPPKBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary) that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key). |
16 (cstXMLFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format. |
17 (cstXMLBlob) | The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format. |
18 (cstJWKFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key). |
19 (cstJWKBlob) | The certificate store is a string that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key). |
21 (cstBCFKSFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store).
Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET. |
22 (cstBCFKSBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store) format.
Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET. |
23 (cstPKCS11) | The certificate is present on a physical security key accessible via a PKCS#11 interface.
To use a security key, the necessary data must first be collected using the CertMgr control. The ListStoreCertificates method may be called after setting CertStoreType to cstPKCS11, CertStorePassword to the PIN, and CertStore to the full path of the PKCS#11 DLL. The certificate information returned in the CertList event's CertEncoded parameter may be saved for later use. When using a certificate, pass the previously saved security key information as the SSLCertStore and set SSLCertStorePassword to the PIN. Code Example. SSH Authentication with Security Key:
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99 (cstAuto) | The store type is automatically detected from the input data. This setting may be used with both public and private keys and can detect any of the supported formats automatically. |
Data Type
Integer
SSLCertSubjectAltNames Property (FTP Control)
Comma-separated lists of alternative subject names for the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertSubjectAltNames
Default Value
""
Remarks
Comma-separated lists of alternative subject names for the certificate.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertThumbprintMD5 Property (FTP Control)
The MD5 hash of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertThumbprintMD5
Default Value
""
Remarks
The MD5 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertThumbprintSHA1 Property (FTP Control)
The SHA-1 hash of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertThumbprintSHA1
Default Value
""
Remarks
The SHA-1 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertThumbprintSHA256 Property (FTP Control)
The SHA-256 hash of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertThumbprintSHA256
Default Value
""
Remarks
The SHA-256 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertUsage Property (FTP Control)
The text description of UsageFlags .
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertUsage
Default Value
""
Remarks
The text description of SSLCertUsageFlags.
This value will be one or more of the following strings and will be separated by commas:
- Digital Signature
- Non-Repudiation
- Key Encipherment
- Data Encipherment
- Key Agreement
- Certificate Signing
- CRL Signing
- Encipher Only
If the provider is OpenSSL, the value is a comma-separated list of X.509 certificate extension names.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertUsageFlags Property (FTP Control)
The flags that show intended use for the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertUsageFlags
Default Value
0
Remarks
The flags that show intended use for the certificate. The value of SSLCertUsageFlags is a combination of the following flags:
0x80 | Digital Signature |
0x40 | Non-Repudiation |
0x20 | Key Encipherment |
0x10 | Data Encipherment |
0x08 | Key Agreement |
0x04 | Certificate Signing |
0x02 | CRL Signing |
0x01 | Encipher Only |
Please see the SSLCertUsage property for a text representation of SSLCertUsageFlags.
This functionality currently is not available when the provider is OpenSSL.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Integer
SSLCertVersion Property (FTP Control)
The certificate's version number.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertVersion
Default Value
""
Remarks
The certificate's version number. The possible values are the strings "V1", "V2", and "V3".
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLCertSubject Property (FTP Control)
The subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertSubject[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
The subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
This property must be set after all other certificate properties are set. When this property is set, a search is performed in the current certificate store to locate a certificate with a matching subject.
If a matching certificate is found, the property is set to the full subject of the matching certificate.
If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.
If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.
The special value "*" picks a random certificate in the certificate store.
The certificate subject is a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=support@nsoftware.com". Common fields and their meanings are as follows:
Field | Meaning |
CN | Common Name. This is commonly a hostname like www.server.com. |
O | Organization |
OU | Organizational Unit |
L | Locality |
S | State |
C | Country |
E | Email Address |
If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.
Data Type
String
SSLCertEncoded Property (FTP Control)
The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLCertEncoded[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSLCertStore and SSLCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.
When SSLCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSLCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSLCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSLCertSubject is set to an empty string.
To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLCertEncodedB.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Binary String
SSLEnabled Property (FTP Control)
This property indicates whether Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer (TLS/SSL) is enabled.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLEnabled[=boolean]
Default Value
False
Remarks
This property specifies whether TLS/SSL is enabled in the control. When False (default), the control operates in plaintext mode. When True, TLS/SSL is enabled.
TLS/SSL may also be enabled by setting SSLStartMode. Setting SSLStartMode will automatically update this property value.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
Boolean
SSLProvider Property (FTP Control)
The Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) implementation to use.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLProvider[=integer]
Possible Values
sslpAutomatic(0), sslpPlatform(1), sslpInternal(2)
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property specifies the SSL/TLS implementation to use. In most cases the default value of 0 (Automatic) is recommended and should not be changed. When set to 0 (Automatic), the control will select whether to use the platform implementation or the internal implementation depending on the operating system as well as the TLS version being used.
Possible values are as follows:
0 (sslpAutomatic - default) | Automatically selects the appropriate implementation. |
1 (sslpPlatform) | Uses the platform/system implementation. |
2 (sslpInternal) | Uses the internal implementation. |
In most cases using the default value (Automatic) is recommended. The control will select a provider depending on the current platform.
When Automatic is selected, the platform implementation is used by default. When TLS 1.3 is enabled via SSLEnabledProtocols, the internal implementation is used.
Data Type
Integer
SSLServerCertEffectiveDate Property (FTP Control)
The date on which this certificate becomes valid.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertEffectiveDate
Default Value
""
Remarks
The date on which this certificate becomes valid. Before this date, it is not valid. The date is localized to the system's time zone. The following example illustrates the format of an encoded date:
23-Jan-2000 15:00:00.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertExpirationDate Property (FTP Control)
The date on which the certificate expires.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertExpirationDate
Default Value
""
Remarks
The date on which the certificate expires. After this date, the certificate will no longer be valid. The date is localized to the system's time zone. The following example illustrates the format of an encoded date:
23-Jan-2001 15:00:00.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertExtendedKeyUsage Property (FTP Control)
A comma-delimited list of extended key usage identifiers.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertExtendedKeyUsage
Default Value
""
Remarks
A comma-delimited list of extended key usage identifiers. These are the same as ASN.1 object identifiers (OIDs).
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertFingerprint Property (FTP Control)
The hex-encoded, 16-byte MD5 fingerprint of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertFingerprint
Default Value
""
Remarks
The hex-encoded, 16-byte MD5 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.
The following example illustrates the format: bc:2a:72:af:fe:58:17:43:7a:5f:ba:5a:7c:90:f7:02
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertFingerprintSHA1 Property (FTP Control)
The hex-encoded, 20-byte SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertFingerprintSHA1
Default Value
""
Remarks
The hex-encoded, 20-byte SHA-1 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.
The following example illustrates the format: 30:7b:fa:38:65:83:ff:da:b4:4e:07:3f:17:b8:a4:ed:80:be:ff:84
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertFingerprintSHA256 Property (FTP Control)
The hex-encoded, 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertFingerprintSHA256
Default Value
""
Remarks
The hex-encoded, 32-byte SHA-256 fingerprint of the certificate. This property is primarily used for keys which do not have a corresponding X.509 public certificate, such as PEM keys that only contain a private key. It is commonly used for SSH keys.
The following example illustrates the format: 6a:80:5c:33:a9:43:ea:b0:96:12:8a:64:96:30:ef:4a:8a:96:86:ce:f4:c7:be:10:24:8e:2b:60:9e:f3:59:53
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertIssuer Property (FTP Control)
The issuer of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertIssuer
Default Value
""
Remarks
The issuer of the certificate. This property contains a string representation of the name of the issuing authority for the certificate.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertPrivateKey Property (FTP Control)
The private key of the certificate (if available).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertPrivateKey
Default Value
""
Remarks
The private key of the certificate (if available). The key is provided as PEM/Base64-encoded data.
Note: The SSLServerCertPrivateKey may be available but not exportable. In this case, SSLServerCertPrivateKey returns an empty string.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertPrivateKeyAvailable Property (FTP Control)
Whether a PrivateKey is available for the selected certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertPrivateKeyAvailable
Default Value
False
Remarks
Whether a SSLServerCertPrivateKey is available for the selected certificate. If SSLServerCertPrivateKeyAvailable is True, the certificate may be used for authentication purposes (e.g., server authentication).
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Boolean
SSLServerCertPrivateKeyContainer Property (FTP Control)
The name of the PrivateKey container for the certificate (if available).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertPrivateKeyContainer
Default Value
""
Remarks
The name of the SSLServerCertPrivateKey container for the certificate (if available). This functionality is available only on Windows platforms.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertPublicKey Property (FTP Control)
The public key of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertPublicKey
Default Value
""
Remarks
The public key of the certificate. The key is provided as PEM/Base64-encoded data.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertPublicKeyAlgorithm Property (FTP Control)
The textual description of the certificate's public key algorithm.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertPublicKeyAlgorithm
Default Value
""
Remarks
The textual description of the certificate's public key algorithm. The property contains either the name of the algorithm (e.g., "RSA" or "RSA_DH") or an object identifier (OID) string representing the algorithm.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertPublicKeyLength Property (FTP Control)
The length of the certificate's public key (in bits).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertPublicKeyLength
Default Value
0
Remarks
The length of the certificate's public key (in bits). Common values are 512, 1024, and 2048.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Integer
SSLServerCertSerialNumber Property (FTP Control)
The serial number of the certificate encoded as a string.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertSerialNumber
Default Value
""
Remarks
The serial number of the certificate encoded as a string. The number is encoded as a series of hexadecimal digits, with each pair representing a byte of the serial number.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertSignatureAlgorithm Property (FTP Control)
The text description of the certificate's signature algorithm.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertSignatureAlgorithm
Default Value
""
Remarks
The text description of the certificate's signature algorithm. The property contains either the name of the algorithm (e.g., "RSA" or "RSA_MD5RSA") or an object identifier (OID) string representing the algorithm.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertStore Property (FTP Control)
The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertStore
Default Value
"MY"
Remarks
The name of the certificate store for the client certificate.
The SSLServerCertStoreType property denotes the type of the certificate store specified by SSLServerCertStore. If the store is password-protected, specify the password in SSLServerCertStorePassword.
SSLServerCertStore is used in conjunction with the SSLServerCertSubject property to specify client certificates. If SSLServerCertStore has a value, and SSLServerCertSubject or SSLServerCertEncoded is set, a search for a certificate is initiated. Please see the SSLServerCertSubject property for details.
Designations of certificate stores are platform dependent.
The following designations are the most common User and Machine certificate stores in Windows:
MY | A certificate store holding personal certificates with their associated private keys. |
CA | Certifying authority certificates. |
ROOT | Root certificates. |
When the certificate store type is cstPFXFile, this property must be set to the name of the file. When the type is cstPFXBlob, the property must be set to the binary contents of a PFX file (i.e., PKCS#12 certificate store).
To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLServerCertStoreB.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Binary String
SSLServerCertStorePassword Property (FTP Control)
If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertStorePassword
Default Value
""
Remarks
If the type of certificate store requires a password, this property is used to specify the password needed to open the certificate store.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertStoreType Property (FTP Control)
The type of certificate store for this certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertStoreType
Possible Values
cstUser(0), cstMachine(1), cstPFXFile(2), cstPFXBlob(3), cstJKSFile(4), cstJKSBlob(5), cstPEMKeyFile(6), cstPEMKeyBlob(7), cstPublicKeyFile(8), cstPublicKeyBlob(9), cstSSHPublicKeyBlob(10), cstP7BFile(11), cstP7BBlob(12), cstSSHPublicKeyFile(13), cstPPKFile(14), cstPPKBlob(15), cstXMLFile(16), cstXMLBlob(17), cstJWKFile(18), cstJWKBlob(19), cstSecurityKey(20), cstBCFKSFile(21), cstBCFKSBlob(22), cstPKCS11(23), cstAuto(99)
Default Value
0
Remarks
The type of certificate store for this certificate.
The control supports both public and private keys in a variety of formats. When the cstAuto value is used, the control will automatically determine the type. This property can take one of the following values:
0 (cstUser - default) | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a certificate store owned by the current user.
Note: This store type is not available in Java. |
1 (cstMachine) | For Windows, this specifies that the certificate store is a machine store.
Note: This store type is not available in Java. |
2 (cstPFXFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PFX (PKCS#12) file containing certificates. |
3 (cstPFXBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in PFX (PKCS#12) format. |
4 (cstJKSFile) | The certificate store is the name of a Java Key Store (JKS) file containing certificates.
Note: This store type is only available in Java. |
5 (cstJKSBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in Java Key Store (JKS) format.
Note: This store type is only available in Java. |
6 (cstPEMKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PEM-encoded file that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
7 (cstPEMKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a private key and an optional certificate. |
8 (cstPublicKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
9 (cstPublicKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains a PEM- or DER-encoded public key certificate. |
10 (cstSSHPublicKeyBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) that contains an SSH-style public key. |
11 (cstP7BFile) | The certificate store is the name of a PKCS#7 file containing certificates. |
12 (cstP7BBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary) representing a certificate store in PKCS#7 format. |
13 (cstSSHPublicKeyFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains an SSH-style public key. |
14 (cstPPKFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key). |
15 (cstPPKBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary) that contains a PPK (PuTTY Private Key). |
16 (cstXMLFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a certificate in XML format. |
17 (cstXMLBlob) | The certificate store is a string that contains a certificate in XML format. |
18 (cstJWKFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key). |
19 (cstJWKBlob) | The certificate store is a string that contains a JWK (JSON Web Key). |
21 (cstBCFKSFile) | The certificate store is the name of a file that contains a BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store).
Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET. |
22 (cstBCFKSBlob) | The certificate store is a string (binary or Base64-encoded) representing a certificate store in BCFKS (Bouncy Castle FIPS Key Store) format.
Note: This store type is only available in Java and .NET. |
23 (cstPKCS11) | The certificate is present on a physical security key accessible via a PKCS#11 interface.
To use a security key, the necessary data must first be collected using the CertMgr control. The ListStoreCertificates method may be called after setting CertStoreType to cstPKCS11, CertStorePassword to the PIN, and CertStore to the full path of the PKCS#11 DLL. The certificate information returned in the CertList event's CertEncoded parameter may be saved for later use. When using a certificate, pass the previously saved security key information as the SSLServerCertStore and set SSLServerCertStorePassword to the PIN. Code Example. SSH Authentication with Security Key:
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99 (cstAuto) | The store type is automatically detected from the input data. This setting may be used with both public and private keys and can detect any of the supported formats automatically. |
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Integer
SSLServerCertSubjectAltNames Property (FTP Control)
Comma-separated lists of alternative subject names for the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertSubjectAltNames
Default Value
""
Remarks
Comma-separated lists of alternative subject names for the certificate.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertThumbprintMD5 Property (FTP Control)
The MD5 hash of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertThumbprintMD5
Default Value
""
Remarks
The MD5 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertThumbprintSHA1 Property (FTP Control)
The SHA-1 hash of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertThumbprintSHA1
Default Value
""
Remarks
The SHA-1 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertThumbprintSHA256 Property (FTP Control)
The SHA-256 hash of the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertThumbprintSHA256
Default Value
""
Remarks
The SHA-256 hash of the certificate. It is primarily used for X.509 certificates. If the hash does not already exist, it is automatically computed.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertUsage Property (FTP Control)
The text description of UsageFlags .
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertUsage
Default Value
""
Remarks
The text description of SSLServerCertUsageFlags.
This value will be one or more of the following strings and will be separated by commas:
- Digital Signature
- Non-Repudiation
- Key Encipherment
- Data Encipherment
- Key Agreement
- Certificate Signing
- CRL Signing
- Encipher Only
If the provider is OpenSSL, the value is a comma-separated list of X.509 certificate extension names.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertUsageFlags Property (FTP Control)
The flags that show intended use for the certificate.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertUsageFlags
Default Value
0
Remarks
The flags that show intended use for the certificate. The value of SSLServerCertUsageFlags is a combination of the following flags:
0x80 | Digital Signature |
0x40 | Non-Repudiation |
0x20 | Key Encipherment |
0x10 | Data Encipherment |
0x08 | Key Agreement |
0x04 | Certificate Signing |
0x02 | CRL Signing |
0x01 | Encipher Only |
Please see the SSLServerCertUsage property for a text representation of SSLServerCertUsageFlags.
This functionality currently is not available when the provider is OpenSSL.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Integer
SSLServerCertVersion Property (FTP Control)
The certificate's version number.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertVersion
Default Value
""
Remarks
The certificate's version number. The possible values are the strings "V1", "V2", and "V3".
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertSubject Property (FTP Control)
The subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertSubject
Default Value
""
Remarks
The subject of the certificate used for client authentication.
This property must be set after all other certificate properties are set. When this property is set, a search is performed in the current certificate store to locate a certificate with a matching subject.
If a matching certificate is found, the property is set to the full subject of the matching certificate.
If an exact match is not found, the store is searched for subjects containing the value of the property.
If a match is still not found, the property is set to an empty string, and no certificate is selected.
The special value "*" picks a random certificate in the certificate store.
The certificate subject is a comma-separated list of distinguished name fields and values. For instance, "CN=www.server.com, OU=test, C=US, E=support@nsoftware.com". Common fields and their meanings are as follows:
Field | Meaning |
CN | Common Name. This is commonly a hostname like www.server.com. |
O | Organization |
OU | Organizational Unit |
L | Locality |
S | State |
C | Country |
E | Email Address |
If a field value contains a comma, it must be quoted.
This property is read-only.
Data Type
String
SSLServerCertEncoded Property (FTP Control)
The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded).
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLServerCertEncoded
Default Value
""
Remarks
The certificate (PEM/Base64 encoded). This property is used to assign a specific certificate. The SSLServerCertStore and SSLServerCertSubject properties also may be used to specify a certificate.
When SSLServerCertEncoded is set, a search is initiated in the current SSLServerCertStore for the private key of the certificate. If the key is found, SSLServerCertSubject is updated to reflect the full subject of the selected certificate; otherwise, SSLServerCertSubject is set to an empty string.
To read or write binary data to the property, a Variant (Byte Array) version is provided in .SSLServerCertEncodedB.
This property is read-only and not available at design time.
Data Type
Binary String
SSLStartMode Property (FTP Control)
This property determines how the control starts the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) negotiation.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SSLStartMode[=integer]
Possible Values
sslAutomatic(0), sslImplicit(1), sslExplicit(2), sslNone(3)
Default Value
3
Remarks
The SSLStartMode property may have one of the following values:
0 (sslAutomatic) | If the remote port is set to the standard plaintext port of the protocol (where applicable), the control will behave the same as if SSLStartMode is set to sslExplicit. In all other cases, SSL negotiation will be implicit (sslImplicit). |
1 (sslImplicit) | The SSL negotiation will start immediately after the connection is established. |
2 (sslExplicit) | The control will first connect in plaintext, and then will explicitly start SSL negotiation through a protocol command such as STARTTLS. |
3 (sslNone - default) | No SSL negotiation; no SSL security. All communication will be in plaintext mode. |
Data Type
Integer
StartByte Property (FTP Control)
This is the byte index in RemoteFile and LocalFile from which to start a transmission.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.StartByte[=string]
Default Value
"0"
Remarks
This property contains a zero-based index in both RemoteFile and LocalFile that determines the point from which the transmission of data begins. This is useful for resuming interrupted downloads and uploads of files from FTP servers.
Once set, the StartByte index is used for all future downloads and uploads. The property must be reset to "0" for normal downloads and uploads.
The type of the property is a string instead of numeric value to allow for certain implementations that expect an alphanumeric marker for the start index.
In the Transfer event, the TransferredBytes parameter will include the bytes skipped (i.e., it will show StartByte more bytes than actually transferred).
Note: Some FTP servers may not support the FTP REST command. If that is the case with the server you are accessing, you will not be able to use the StartByte property.
This property is not available at design time.
Data Type
String
Timeout Property (FTP Control)
The timeout for the control.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Timeout[=integer]
Default Value
60
Remarks
If the Timeout property is set to 0, all operations will run uninterrupted until successful completion or an error condition is encountered.
If Timeout is set to a positive value, the control will wait for the operation to complete before returning control.
The control will use DoEvents to enter an efficient wait loop during any potential waiting period, making sure that all system events are processed immediately as they arrive. This ensures that the host application does not freeze and remains responsive.
If Timeout expires, and the operation is not yet complete, the control fails with an error.
Note: By default, all timeouts are inactivity timeouts, that is, the timeout period is extended by Timeout seconds when any amount of data is successfully sent or received.
The default value for the Timeout property is 60 seconds.
Data Type
Integer
TransferMode Property (FTP Control)
This property indicates the transfer mode (ASCII or binary). If the value is 0 (default), the initial server mode will be used.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.TransferMode
Possible Values
tmDefault(0), tmASCII(1), tmBinary(2)
Default Value
0
Remarks
This property indicates the current transfer mode, which is either ASCII or binary. To change the transfer mode call the ChangeTransferMode method. Possible values for this property are:
tmDefault (0) | The initial mode of the FTP server is taken. No change. |
tmASCII (1) | Files are transferred in ASCII mode (a TYPE A command). |
tmBinary (2) | Files are transferred in binary mode (a TYPE I command). |
This property is read-only.
Data Type
Integer
User Property (FTP Control)
This property contains the user identifier to use to log in.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.User[=string]
Default Value
""
Remarks
This property contains the user identifier to be used when logging in. It must be set before the control connects to the FTP server.
Data Type
String
Abort Method (FTP Control)
The method aborts the current upload or download.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Abort
Remarks
This method sends an ABOR command to the FTP server. It is used to interrupt file uploads and downloads.
Append Method (FTP Control)
This method appends data from LocalFile to a RemoteFile on an FTP server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Append
Remarks
This method causes the server-data transfer process (DTP) to accept the data transferred through the data connection and to store the data in a file on the server site. If the file specified in the pathname exists on the server site, then the data shall be appended to that file; otherwise, the file specified in the pathname shall be created on the server site. This method is similar to the Upload method, but the local file specified by LocalFile is appended to RemoteFile on the server as opposed to replacing it, as with the Upload method. RemoteFile is either an absolute path on the server, or a path relative to the current path set by ChangeRemotePath. The server will create a file with that name if it doesn't already exist (similar to upload). If no FTP session is in place, one is automatically created by first calling the Logon method.
ChangeRemotePath Method (FTP Control)
This method changes the current path on the FTP server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.ChangeRemotePath RemotePath
Remarks
This method changes the current path on the FTP server to the specified RemotePath. When called, the control will issue a command to the server to change the directory. The RemotePath parameter may hold an absolute or relative path.
Absolute Paths
If the path begins with a /, it is considered an absolute path and must specify the entire path from the root of the server. For instance:
component.ChangeRemotePath("/home/testuser/myfolder");
Relative Paths
If the path does not begin with a /, it is considered a relative path and is resolved in relation to the current directory. For instance, a value of myfolder will indicate a subfolder of the current directory. The special value .. refers to the parent directory of the current path. For instance:
//Change to the 'myfolder' sub-directory
component.ChangeRemotePath("myfolder");
//Navigate up two levels and then into the 'another/folder' path.
component.ChangeRemotePath("../../another/folder");
ChangeTransferMode Method (FTP Control)
This method changes the transfer mode for the current connection.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.ChangeTransferMode TransferMode
Remarks
This method optionally changes the transfer mode used for the connection. The TransferMode parameter indicates the new transfer mode to be used.
In many cases, it is not necessary to explicitly change the transfer mode; however, the binary transfer mode is useful to ensure that files are preserved byte-for-byte during the transfer. For instance, when uploading or downloading images or archives, the binary transfer mode will ensure that no line-ending transformations are performed by the server before data are transmitted.
Valid values for the TransferMode parameter are as follows:
0 (Default) | Files are transferred using the default mode of the FTP server. |
1 (ASCII) | Files are transferred in ASCII mode (sends the command "TYPE A"). |
2 (Binary) | Files are transferred in Binary mode (sends the command "TYPE I"). |
CheckFileExists Method (FTP Control)
This method returns True if the file specified by RemoteFile exists on the server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.CheckFileExists
Remarks
This method sends a command to the server to determine if the file specified by RemoteFile exists.
If the file exists, this method returns , otherwise it returns . RemoteFile must be specified before calling this method. For instance:
component.ChangeRemotePath("/home/testuser/myfolder");
component.RemoteFile = "test.txt";
if(component.CheckFileExists()) {
//Do something
}
Config Method (FTP Control)
Sets or retrieves a configuration setting.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Config ConfigurationString
Remarks
Config is a generic method available in every control. It is used to set and retrieve configuration settings for the control.
These settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the control, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.
To set a configuration setting named PROPERTY, you must call Config("PROPERTY=VALUE"), where VALUE is the value of the setting expressed as a string. For boolean values, use the strings "True", "False", "0", "1", "Yes", or "No" (case does not matter).
To read (query) the value of a configuration setting, you must call Config("PROPERTY"). The value will be returned as a string.
Connect Method (FTP Control)
This method connects to the FTP server without logging in.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Connect
Remarks
This method establishes a connection with the RemoteHost but does not log in. In most cases, it is recommended to use the Logon method, which will both establish a connection and log in to the server.
This method may be useful in cases in which it is desirable to separate the connection and logon operations, for instance, confirming that a host is available by first creating the connection.
DeleteFile Method (FTP Control)
This method removes a file specified by FileName from an FTP server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.DeleteFile FileName
Remarks
This method is used to remove a file specified by FileName from an FTP server. The remote file or directory specified by FileName is deleted. FileName is either an absolute path on the server, or a path relative to remote path set by ChangeRemotePath. If no FTP session is in place, one is automatically created by first calling the Logon method.
Disconnect Method (FTP Control)
This method disconnects from the server without first logging off.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Disconnect
Remarks
This method immediately disconnects from the server without first logging off.
In most cases, the Logoff method should be used to log off and disconnect from the server. Call the Disconnect method in cases in which it is desirable to immediately disconnect without first logging off.
DoEvents Method (FTP Control)
This method processes events from the internal message queue.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.DoEvents
Remarks
When DoEvents is called, the control processes any available events. If no events are available, it waits for a preset period of time, and then returns.
Download Method (FTP Control)
This method downloads a RemoteFile from an FTP server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Download
Remarks
This method is used to download the remote file specified by RemoteFile to the local file specified by LocalFile, or it is retrieved through the Transfer event if the LocalFile property is "" (empty string). RemoteFile is either an absolute path on the server or a path relative to a remote path set by calling ChangeRemotePath. If no FTP session is in place, one is automatically created by first calling the Logon method.
Example (Download a File)
FTPControl.LocalFile = "C:\localfile.txt"
FTPControl.RemoteFile = "remotefile.txt"
FTPControl.Download()
FTPControl.LocalFile = "C:\localfile2.txt"
FTPControl.RemoteFile = "folder/remotefile2.txt"
FTPControl.Download()
Interrupt Method (FTP Control)
This method interrupts the current method.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Interrupt
Remarks
If there is no method in progress, Interrupt simply returns, doing nothing.
ListDirectory Method (FTP Control)
List the current directory specified by ChangeRemotePath on an FTP server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.ListDirectory
Remarks
This method is used to list the directory (or file mask) specified in RemoteFile. RemoteFile is either an absolute path on the server, or a path relative to the remote path set by ChangeRemotePath. The file listing is received through the DirList event.
Similar to ListDirectoryLong, except that only file names are returned.
Note: Because RemoteFile acts as a file mask, to retrieve a complete directory listing RemoteFile should be set to an empty string or a mask like "*". If no FTP session is in place, one is automatically created by first calling the Logon method.
ListDirectoryLong Method (FTP Control)
This method lists extended directory information for the remote path specified by calling ChangeRemotePath .
Syntax
ftpcontrol.ListDirectoryLong
Remarks
This method is used to request a directory (or file mask) listing specified in RemoteFile. RemoteFile is either an absolute path on the server, or a path relative to the remote path set by calling ChangeRemotePath. The file listing is received through the DirList event. Extended file information is returned.
Note: Because RemoteFile acts as a file mask, to retrieve a complete directory listing RemoteFile should be set to empty string or a mask like "*". If no FTP session is in place, one is automatically created by first calling the Logon method.
Logoff Method (FTP Control)
This method is used to log off from the FTP server by posting a QUIT command.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Logoff
Remarks
This method is used to log off from the FTP server by posting a QUIT command. If that fails, the connection is terminated by the local host.
Logon Method (FTP Control)
This method is used to log on to the FTP RemoteHost using the current User and Password .
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Logon
Remarks
This method is used to log on to the FTP server using the current User and Password. If TransferMode is not 0 (Default), then the FTP transfer mode is set to the appropriate value.
Example (Logging On)
FTPControl.RemoteHost = "ftpserver"
FTPControl.User = "username"
FTPControl.Password = "password"
FTPControl.Logon()
MakeDirectory Method (FTP Control)
This method is used to create a directory on the FTP server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.MakeDirectory NewDir
Remarks
This method is used to create a directory with a path specified by NewDir on the FTP server. NewDir is either an absolute path on the server, or a path relative to the remote path that is set by calling ChangeRemotePath. If no FTP session is in place, one is automatically created by first calling the Logon method.
Note: When MakeDirectory is called, RemoteFile is changed to NewDir.
QueryFileTime Method (FTP Control)
This returns the modified time of the file specified by RemoteFile .
Syntax
ftpcontrol.QueryFileTime
Remarks
This method sends the MDTM command to the server to obtain the modified time of the file specified by RemoteFile.
The time returned by this method will be converted to the local timezone. RemoteFile must be specified before calling this method. For instance:
component.ChangeRemotePath("/home/testuser/myfolder");
component.RemoteFile = "test.txt";
string myModifiedTime = component.QueryFileTime();
The FileTimeFormat configuration setting controls the format of the returned value.
QueryRemotePath Method (FTP Control)
This queries the server for the current path.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.QueryRemotePath
Remarks
This method queries the server for the current path. When called, the control will issue a command to the server to retrieve the current path value. The return value of this method is the path returned by the server. For instance:
string remotePath = component.QueryRemotePath();
RemoveDirectory Method (FTP Control)
This removes a directory specified by DirName from an FTP server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.RemoveDirectory DirName
Remarks
This method is used to remove a directory with path specified by DirName from the FTP server. DirName is either an absolute path on the server, or a path relative to the remote path set by calling ChangeRemotePath. If no FTP session is in place, one is automatically created by first calling the Logon method.
RenameFile Method (FTP Control)
This changes the name of RemoteFile to NewName .
Syntax
ftpcontrol.RenameFile NewName
Remarks
This method is used to change the name of a remote file, specified by RemoteFile to NewName. RemoteFile and NewName are either absolute paths on the server, or a path relative to a remote path set by calling ChangeRemotePath. If no FTP session is in place, one is automatically created by first calling the Logon method.
Reset Method (FTP Control)
This method will reset the control.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Reset
Remarks
This method will reset the control's properties to their default values.
SendCommand Method (FTP Control)
This method sends the exact command directly to the server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.SendCommand Command
Remarks
This method sends the command specified by Command to the server exactly as it is provided. Use this method to send additional or custom commands directly to the server.
After calling this method, check the LastReply property or monitor the PITrail event to obtain the server's response.
StoreUnique Method (FTP Control)
This method uploads a file with a unique name to an FTP server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.StoreUnique
Remarks
This method is used to upload a file with a unique name to an FTP server. This is similar to the Upload method, but the server determines a unique name for the LocalFile to be saved on the current directory set by calling ChangeRemotePath. The server includes the new name of the file in its response. The user should check the PITrail event, or LastReply property to retrieve this generated filename.
Upload Method (FTP Control)
This method uploads a file specified by LocalFile to an FTP server.
Syntax
ftpcontrol.Upload
Remarks
This method uploads a local file specified by LocalFile to the remote file specified by RemoteFile. RemoteFile is either an absolute path on the server, or a path relative to the remote path set by calling ChangeRemotePath. If no FTP session is in place, one is automatically created by first calling the Logon method.
If you want to append to a server file, please refer to the Append method.
Example 1: Upload a File
FTPControl.LocalFile = "C:\localfile.txt"
FTPControl.RemoteFile = "remotefile.txt"
FTPControl.Upload()
FTPControl.LocalFile = "C:\localfile2.txt"
FTPControl.RemoteFile = "folder/remotefile2.txt"
FTPControl.Upload()
ConnectionStatus Event (FTP Control)
Fired to indicate changes in the connection state.
Syntax
Sub ftpcontrol_ConnectionStatus(ConnectionEvent As String, StatusCode As Integer, Description As String)
Remarks
This event is fired when the connection state changes: for example, completion of a firewall or proxy connection or completion of a security handshake.
The ConnectionEvent parameter indicates the type of connection event. Values may include the following:
Firewall connection complete. | |
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or S/Shell handshake complete (where applicable). | |
Remote host connection complete. | |
Remote host disconnected. | |
SSL or S/Shell connection broken. | |
Firewall host disconnected. |
DirList Event (FTP Control)
This event is fired when a directory entry is received.
Syntax
Sub ftpcontrol_DirList(DirEntry As String, FileName As String, IsDir As Boolean, FileSize As Long64, FileTime As String)
Remarks
The DirList events are fired when a directory listing is received as a response to a ListDirectory or ListDirectoryLong call.
The StartTransfer and EndTransfer events mark the beginning and end of the event stream.
The DirEntry parameter contains the filename when ListDirectory is called and includes extended file information when ListDirectoryLong is called.
The control tries to fill out the FileName, IsDir, FileSize, and FileTime parameters when calling the ListDirectoryLong method. Except for FileName, these parameters are empty when a short "List Directory" is performed.
In Unix systems, the date is given in two types of formats: If the date is in the past 12 months the exact time is specified and the year is omitted. Otherwise, only the date and the year, but not hours or minutes, are given.
EndTransfer Event (FTP Control)
This event is fired when a file finishes downloading or uploading.
Syntax
Sub ftpcontrol_EndTransfer(Direction As Integer)
Remarks
The EndTransfer event fires when a Data Interface connection is closed. This occurs when the file finishes transferring or a directory listing is finished.
The Direction parameter shows whether the client (0) or the server (1) is sending the data.
Error Event (FTP Control)
Fired when information is available about errors during data delivery.
Syntax
Sub ftpcontrol_Error(ErrorCode As Integer, Description As String)
Remarks
The Error event is fired in case of exceptional conditions during message processing. Normally the control fails with an error.
The ErrorCode parameter contains an error code, and the Description parameter contains a textual description of the error. For a list of valid error codes and their descriptions, please refer to the Error Codes section.
PITrail Event (FTP Control)
This event traces the commands sent to the server, and the respective replies.
Syntax
Sub ftpcontrol_PITrail(Direction As Integer, Message As String)
Remarks
The PITrail event is useful for debugging purposes. It shows all of the interactions between the client and the server, line by line.
The Message parameter contains the full text of the message. The Direction parameter shows the originator of the message:
0 (Client) | The Message originates from the client. |
1 (Server) | The Message originates from the server. |
2 (Info) | The Message is an informative message originating from the client software (the control code). |
SSLServerAuthentication Event (FTP Control)
Fired after the server presents its certificate to the client.
Syntax
Sub ftpcontrol_SSLServerAuthentication(CertEncoded As String, CertSubject As String, CertIssuer As String, Status As String, Accept As Boolean)
Remarks
During this event, the client can decide whether or not to continue with the connection process. The Accept parameter is a recommendation on whether to continue or close the connection. This is just a suggestion: application software must use its own logic to determine whether or not to continue.
When Accept is False, Status shows why the verification failed (otherwise, Status contains the string OK). If it is decided to continue, you can override and accept the certificate by setting the Accept parameter to True.
SSLStatus Event (FTP Control)
Fired when secure connection progress messages are available.
Syntax
Sub ftpcontrol_SSLStatus(Message As String)
Remarks
The event is fired for informational and logging purposes only. This event tracks the progress of the connection.
StartTransfer Event (FTP Control)
This event fires when a file starts downloading or uploading.
Syntax
Sub ftpcontrol_StartTransfer(Direction As Integer)
Remarks
The StartTransfer event fires when a Data Interface connection is created. This is when the file starts transferring or a directory listing is started.
The Direction parameter shows whether the client (0) or the server (1) is sending the data.
Transfer Event (FTP Control)
This event is fired during the file download or upload.
Syntax
Sub ftpcontrol_Transfer(Direction As Integer, BytesTransferred As Long64, PercentDone As Integer, Text As String)
Remarks
One or more Transfer events are fired during file transfer. The BytesTransferred parameter shows the number of bytes transferred since the beginning of the transfer.
Text contains the portion of the file data being delivered.
The Direction parameter shows whether the client (0) or the server (1) is sending the data.
The PercentDone parameter shows the progress of the transfer in the corresponding direction. If PercentDone can not be calculated the value will be -1.
Note: Events are not re-entrant. Performing time-consuming operations within this event will prevent it from firing again in a timely manner and may affect overall performance.
Config Settings (FTP Control)
The control accepts one or more of the following configuration settings. Configuration settings are similar in functionality to properties, but they are rarely used. In order to avoid "polluting" the property namespace of the control, access to these internal properties is provided through the Config method.FTP Config Settings
Note: This configuration setting will be ignored if ActiveModePORTAddress is also specified.
This configuration setting must be used in conjunction with PortRange to ensure that the correct port is used by the client.
In many cases, FTP servers are not configured to return a valid public IP in the PASV response. When Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) is used any network address translation (NAT) done by the firewall cannot occur. The result is the client may receive an IP that is not accessible.
This setting is designed to allow the connection to succeed in as many cases as possible. When the IP for the data connection is received from the server, the control will inspect the value. If the received value is not within the known private IP ranges, the control will use it, assuming it is a valid public IP. If the received value is a private IP, the control will instead assume the data connection should be established to the same IP as the command connection (true in almost all cases).
When this setting is False, the control will not perform any checks on the received value. When set to False, UseRemoteHostAddressForPassive is applicable.
In the case that DILinger is True (default), follow two scenarios to determine how long the connection will linger. In the first scenario, if DILingerTime is 0 (default), the system will attempt to send pending data for a connection until the default IP timeout expires.
In the second scenario, DILingerTime is a positive value, the system will attempt to send pending data until the specified DILingerTime is reached. If this attempt fails, then the system will reset the connection.
The default behavior (which is also the default mode for stream sockets) might result in a long delay in closing the connection. Although the control returns control immediately, the system could hold system resources until all pending data are sent (even after your application closes).
Setting this property to False forces an immediate disconnection. If you know that the other side has received all the data you sent (by a client acknowledgment, for example), setting this property to False might be the appropriate course of action.
This setting applies only when calling QueryFileTime. It does not apply to the FileTime parameter of the DirList event.
The range is provided as start-end, for instance: "1024-" stands for anything higher than 1024, "1024-2048" stands for ports between 1024 and 2048 inclusive, "4000-4010, 50000-50010" stands for ports between 4000 and 4010 or between 50000 and 50010.
When set to True, set RemoteFile to the filemask and call either ListDirectory or ListDirectoryLong. There is no difference between the two methods when this setting is enabled.
When set to True, set RemoteFile to the file or folder you wish to get information about and call either ListDirectory or ListDirectoryLong. There is no difference between the two methods when this setting is enabled. When both UseMLSD and UseMLST are set, UseMLSD takes precedence.
Note: Using AUTH SSL instead of AUTH TLS is strongly discouraged because of potential security vulnerabilities. If you must use this configuration setting, please do so very carefully.
When this setting is False (default) and AutoSelectDataIP is also False, the control will use the IP address returned by the server when establishing a data connection.
This setting is not applicable when Passive is set to False (Active mode).
TCPClient Config Settings
If the FirewallHost setting is set to a Domain Name, a DNS request is initiated. Upon successful termination of the request, the FirewallHost setting is set to the corresponding address. If the search is not successful, an error is returned.
Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
Note: This configuration setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
0 | No firewall (default setting). |
1 | Connect through a tunneling proxy. FirewallPort is set to 80. |
2 | Connect through a SOCKS4 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
3 | Connect through a SOCKS5 Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
10 | Connect through a SOCKS4A Proxy. FirewallPort is set to 1080. |
Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
Note: This setting is provided for use by controls that do not directly expose Firewall properties.
Note: This value is not applicable in macOS.
In the case that Linger is True (default), two scenarios determine how long the connection will linger. In the first, if LingerTime is 0 (default), the system will attempt to send pending data for a connection until the default IP timeout expires.
In the second scenario, if LingerTime is a positive value, the system will attempt to send pending data until the specified LingerTime is reached. If this attempt fails, then the system will reset the connection.
The default behavior (which is also the default mode for stream sockets) might result in a long delay in closing the connection. Although the control returns control immediately, the system could hold system resources until all pending data are sent (even after your application closes).
Setting this property to False forces an immediate disconnection. If you know that the other side has received all the data you sent (e.g., by a client acknowledgment), setting this property to False might be the appropriate course of action.
In multihomed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface), setting LocalHost to the value of an interface will make the control initiate connections (or accept in the case of server controls) only through that interface.
If the control is connected, the LocalHost setting shows the IP address of the interface through which the connection is made in internet dotted format (aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd). In most cases, this is the address of the local host, except for multihomed hosts (machines with more than one IP interface).
Setting this to 0 (default) enables the system to choose a port at random. The chosen port will be shown by LocalPort after the connection is established.
LocalPort cannot be changed once a connection is made. Any attempt to set this when a connection is active will generate an error.
This configuration setting is useful when trying to connect to services that require a trusted port on the client side. An example is the remote shell (rsh) service in UNIX systems.
If an EOL string is found in the input stream before MaxLineLength bytes are received, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to True, and the buffer is reset.
If no EOL is found, and MaxLineLength bytes are accumulated in the buffer, the DataIn event is fired with the EOL parameter set to False, and the buffer is reset.
The minimum value for MaxLineLength is 256 bytes. The default value is 2048 bytes.
www.google.com;www.nsoftware.com
Note: This value is not applicable in Java.
By default, this configuration setting is set to False.
0 | IPv4 only |
1 | IPv6 only |
2 | IPv6 with IPv4 fallback |
SSL Config Settings
When enabled, SSL packet logs are output using the SSLStatus event, which will fire each time an SSL packet is sent or received.
Enabling this configuration setting has no effect if SSLProvider is set to Platform.
The path set by this property should point to a directory containing CA certificates in PEM format. The files each contain one CA certificate. The files are looked up by the CA subject name hash value, which must hence be available. If more than one CA certificate with the same name hash value exist, the extension must be different (e.g., 9d66eef0.0, 9d66eef0.1). OpenSSL recommends the use of the c_rehash utility to create the necessary links. Please refer to the OpenSSL man page SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3) for details.
The file set by this property should contain a list of CA certificates in PEM format. The file can contain several CA certificates identified by the following sequences:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
... (CA certificate in base64 encoding) ...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----
Before, between, and after the certificate text is allowed, which can be used, for example, for descriptions of the certificates. Refer to the OpenSSL man page SSL_CTX_load_verify_locations(3) for details.
The format of this string is described in the OpenSSL man page ciphers(1) section "CIPHER LIST FORMAT". Please refer to it for details. The default string "DEFAULT" is determined at compile time and is normally equivalent to "ALL:!ADH:RC4+RSA:+SSLv2:@STRENGTH".
By default, OpenSSL uses the device file "/dev/urandom" to seed the PRNG, and setting OpenSSLPrngSeedData is not required. If set, the string specified is used to seed the PRNG.
If set to True, the control will reuse the context if and only if the following criteria are met:
- The target host name is the same.
- The system cache entry has not expired (default timeout is 10 hours).
- The application process that calls the function is the same.
- The logon session is the same.
- The instance of the control is the same.
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw ... Intermediate Cert ... eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj -----END CERTIFICATE----- \r \n -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp ... Root Cert ... d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA -----END CERTIFICATE-----
When set to 0 (default), the CRL check will not be performed by the control. When set to 1, it will attempt to perform the CRL check, but it will continue without an error if the server's certificate does not support CRL. When set to 2, it will perform the CRL check and will throw an error if CRL is not supported.
This configuration setting is supported only in the Java, C#, and C++ editions. In the C++ edition, it is supported only on Windows operating systems.
When set to 0 (default), the control will not perform an OCSP check. When set to 1, it will attempt to perform the OCSP check, but it will continue without an error if the server's certificate does not support OCSP. When set to 2, it will perform the OCSP check and will throw an error if OCSP is not supported.
This configuration setting is supported only in the Java, C#, and C++ editions. In the C++ edition, it is supported only on Windows operating systems.
Note: This configuration setting contains the minimum cipher strength requested from the security library. The actual cipher strength used for the connection is shown by the SSLStatus event.
Use this configuration setting with caution. Requesting a lower cipher strength than necessary could potentially cause serious security vulnerabilities in your application.
When the provider is OpenSSL, SSLCipherStrength is currently not supported. This functionality is instead made available through the OpenSSLCipherList configuration setting.
The value of this configuration setting is a newline-separated (CR/LF) list of certificates. For instance:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw ... Intermediate Cert ... eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj -----END CERTIFICATE----- \r \n -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp ... Root Cert ... d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA -----END CERTIFICATE-----
By default, the enabled cipher suites will include all available ciphers ("*").
The special value "*" means that the control will pick all of the supported cipher suites. If SSLEnabledCipherSuites is set to any other value, only the specified cipher suites will be considered.
Multiple cipher suites are separated by semicolons.
Example values when SSLProvider is set to Platform include the following:
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=*");
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256");
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=CALG_AES_256;CALG_3DES");
Possible values when SSLProvider is set to Platform include the following:
- CALG_3DES
- CALG_3DES_112
- CALG_AES
- CALG_AES_128
- CALG_AES_192
- CALG_AES_256
- CALG_AGREEDKEY_ANY
- CALG_CYLINK_MEK
- CALG_DES
- CALG_DESX
- CALG_DH_EPHEM
- CALG_DH_SF
- CALG_DSS_SIGN
- CALG_ECDH
- CALG_ECDH_EPHEM
- CALG_ECDSA
- CALG_ECMQV
- CALG_HASH_REPLACE_OWF
- CALG_HUGHES_MD5
- CALG_HMAC
- CALG_KEA_KEYX
- CALG_MAC
- CALG_MD2
- CALG_MD4
- CALG_MD5
- CALG_NO_SIGN
- CALG_OID_INFO_CNG_ONLY
- CALG_OID_INFO_PARAMETERS
- CALG_PCT1_MASTER
- CALG_RC2
- CALG_RC4
- CALG_RC5
- CALG_RSA_KEYX
- CALG_RSA_SIGN
- CALG_SCHANNEL_ENC_KEY
- CALG_SCHANNEL_MAC_KEY
- CALG_SCHANNEL_MASTER_HASH
- CALG_SEAL
- CALG_SHA
- CALG_SHA1
- CALG_SHA_256
- CALG_SHA_384
- CALG_SHA_512
- CALG_SKIPJACK
- CALG_SSL2_MASTER
- CALG_SSL3_MASTER
- CALG_SSL3_SHAMD5
- CALG_TEK
- CALG_TLS1_MASTER
- CALG_TLS1PRF
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=*");
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA");
obj.config("SSLEnabledCipherSuites=TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA;TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA");
Possible values when SSLProvider is set to Internal include the following:
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA
- TLS_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDH_ECDSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_ECDH_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA
- TLS_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
- TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA
- TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_MD5
- TLS_RSA_WITH_RC4_128_SHA
When TLS 1.3 is negotiated (see SSLEnabledProtocols), only the following cipher suites are supported:
- TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
- TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256
- TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256
SSLEnabledCipherSuites is used together with SSLCipherStrength.
Not all supported protocols are enabled by default. The default value is 4032 for client components, and 3072 for server components. To specify a combination of enabled protocol versions set this config to the binary OR of one or more of the following values:
TLS1.3 | 12288 (Hex 3000) |
TLS1.2 | 3072 (Hex C00) (Default - Client and Server) |
TLS1.1 | 768 (Hex 300) (Default - Client) |
TLS1 | 192 (Hex C0) (Default - Client) |
SSL3 | 48 (Hex 30) |
SSL2 | 12 (Hex 0C) |
Note that only TLS 1.2 is enabled for server components that accept incoming connections. This adheres to industry standards to ensure a secure connection. Client components enable TLS 1.0, TLS 1.1, and TLS 1.2 by default and will negotiate the highest mutually supported version when connecting to a server, which should be TLS 1.2 in most cases.
SSLEnabledProtocols: Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.3 Notes:
By default when TLS 1.3 is enabled, the control will use the internal TLS implementation when the SSLProvider is set to Automatic for all editions.
In editions that are designed to run on Windows, SSLProvider can be set to Platform to use the platform implementation instead of the internal implementation. When configured in this manner, please note that the platform provider is supported only on Windows 11/Windows Server 2022 and up. The default internal provider is available on all platforms and is not restricted to any specific OS version.
If set to 1 (Platform provider), please be aware of the following notes:
- The platform provider is available only on Windows 11/Windows Server 2022 and up.
- SSLEnabledCipherSuites and other similar SSL configuration settings are not supported.
- If SSLEnabledProtocols includes both TLS 1.3 and TLS 1.2, these restrictions are still applicable even if TLS 1.2 is negotiated. Enabling TLS 1.3 with the platform provider changes the implementation used for all TLS versions.
SSLEnabledProtocols: SSL2 and SSL3 Notes:
SSL 2.0 and 3.0 are not supported by the control when the SSLProvider is set to internal. To use SSL 2.0 or SSL 3.0, the platform security API must have the protocols enabled and SSLProvider needs to be set to platform.
This configuration setting is applicable only when SSLProvider is set to Internal.
If set to True, all certificates returned by the server will be present in the Encoded parameter of the SSLServerAuthentication event. This includes the leaf certificate, any intermediate certificate, and the root certificate.
When set, the control will save the session secrets in the same format as the SSLKEYLOGFILE environment variable functionality used by most major browsers and tools, such as Chrome, Firefox, and cURL. This file can then be used in tools such as Wireshark to decrypt TLS traffic for debugging purposes. When writing to this file, the control will only append, it will not overwrite previous values.
Note: This configuration setting is applicable only when SSLProvider is set to Internal.
Note: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example:
server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipher[connId]");
Note: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example:
server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipherStrength[connId]");
Note: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example:
server.Config("SSLNegotiatedCipherSuite[connId]");
Note: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example:
server.Config("SSLNegotiatedKeyExchange[connId]");
Note: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example:
server.Config("SSLNegotiatedKeyExchangeStrength[connId]");
Note: For server components (e.g., TCPServer), this is a per-connection configuration setting accessed by passing the ConnectionId. For example:
server.Config("SSLNegotiatedVersion[connId]");
0x00000001 | Ignore time validity status of certificate. |
0x00000002 | Ignore time validity status of CTL. |
0x00000004 | Ignore non-nested certificate times. |
0x00000010 | Allow unknown certificate authority. |
0x00000020 | Ignore wrong certificate usage. |
0x00000100 | Ignore unknown certificate revocation status. |
0x00000200 | Ignore unknown CTL signer revocation status. |
0x00000400 | Ignore unknown certificate authority revocation status. |
0x00000800 | Ignore unknown root revocation status. |
0x00008000 | Allow test root certificate. |
0x00004000 | Trust test root certificate. |
0x80000000 | Ignore non-matching CN (certificate CN non-matching server name). |
This functionality is currently not available when the provider is OpenSSL.
The value of this configuration setting is a newline-separated (CR/LF) list of certificates. For instance:
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEKzCCAxOgAwIBAgIRANTET4LIkxdH6P+CFIiHvTowDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQAw ... Intermediate Cert... eWHV5OW1K53o/atv59sOiW5K3crjFhsBOd5Q+cJJnU+SWinPKtANXMht+EDvYY2w F0I1XhM+pKj7FjDr+XNj -----END CERTIFICATE----- \r \n -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIEFjCCAv6gAwIBAgIQetu1SMxpnENAnnOz1P+PtTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADBp ... Root Cert... d8q23djXZbVYiIfE9ebr4g3152BlVCHZ2GyPdjhIuLeH21VbT/dyEHHA -----END CERTIFICATE-----
When specified the control will verify that the server certificate signature algorithm is among the values specified in this configuration setting. If the server certificate signature algorithm is unsupported, the control fails with an error.
The format of this value is a comma-separated list of hash-signature combinations. For instance:
component.SSLProvider = TCPClientSSLProviders.sslpInternal;
component.Config("SSLEnabledProtocols=3072"); //TLS 1.2
component.Config("TLS12SignatureAlgorithms=sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa");
The default value for this configuration setting is sha512-ecdsa,sha512-rsa,sha512-dsa,sha384-ecdsa,sha384-rsa,sha384-dsa,sha256-ecdsa,sha256-rsa,sha256-dsa,sha224-ecdsa,sha224-rsa,sha224-dsa,sha1-ecdsa,sha1-rsa,sha1-dsa.
To not restrict the server's certificate signature algorithm, specify an empty string as the value for this configuration setting, which will cause the signature_algorithms TLS 1.2 extension to not be sent.
The default value is ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1.
When using TLS 1.2 and SSLProvider is set to Internal, the values refer to the supported groups for ECC. The following values are supported:
- "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)
The default value is set to balance common supported groups and the computational resources required to generate key shares. As a result, only some groups are included by default in this configuration setting.
Note: All supported groups can always be used during the handshake even if not listed here, but if a group is used that is not present in this list, it will incur an additional roundtrip and time to generate the key share for that group.
In most cases, this configuration setting does not need to be modified. This should be modified only if there is a specific reason to do so.
The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072
The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:
- "ecdhe_x25519" (default)
- "ecdhe_x448"
- "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp521r1"
- "ffdhe_2048" (default)
- "ffdhe_3072" (default)
- "ffdhe_4096"
- "ffdhe_6144"
- "ffdhe_8192"
- "ed25519" (default)
- "ed448" (default)
- "ecdsa_secp256r1_sha256" (default)
- "ecdsa_secp384r1_sha384" (default)
- "ecdsa_secp521r1_sha512" (default)
- "rsa_pkcs1_sha256" (default)
- "rsa_pkcs1_sha384" (default)
- "rsa_pkcs1_sha512" (default)
- "rsa_pss_sha256" (default)
- "rsa_pss_sha384" (default)
- "rsa_pss_sha512" (default)
The default value is ecdhe_x25519,ecdhe_x448,ecdhe_secp256r1,ecdhe_secp384r1,ecdhe_secp521r1,ffdhe_2048,ffdhe_3072,ffdhe_4096,ffdhe_6144,ffdhe_8192
The values are ordered from most preferred to least preferred. The following values are supported:
- "ecdhe_x25519" (default)
- "ecdhe_x448" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp256r1" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp384r1" (default)
- "ecdhe_secp521r1" (default)
- "ffdhe_2048" (default)
- "ffdhe_3072" (default)
- "ffdhe_4096" (default)
- "ffdhe_6144" (default)
- "ffdhe_8192" (default)
Socket Config Settings
Note: This option is not valid for User Datagram Protocol (UDP) ports.
Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the control is activated the InBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.
Some TCP/IP implementations do not support variable buffer sizes. If that is the case, when the control is activated the OutBufferSize reverts to its defined size. The same happens if you attempt to make it too large or too small.
Base Config Settings
The following is a list of valid code page identifiers:
Identifier | Name |
037 | IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada |
437 | OEM - United States |
500 | IBM EBCDIC - International |
708 | Arabic - ASMO 708 |
709 | Arabic - ASMO 449+, BCON V4 |
710 | Arabic - Transparent Arabic |
720 | Arabic - Transparent ASMO |
737 | OEM - Greek (formerly 437G) |
775 | OEM - Baltic |
850 | OEM - Multilingual Latin I |
852 | OEM - Latin II |
855 | OEM - Cyrillic (primarily Russian) |
857 | OEM - Turkish |
858 | OEM - Multilingual Latin I + Euro symbol |
860 | OEM - Portuguese |
861 | OEM - Icelandic |
862 | OEM - Hebrew |
863 | OEM - Canadian-French |
864 | OEM - Arabic |
865 | OEM - Nordic |
866 | OEM - Russian |
869 | OEM - Modern Greek |
870 | IBM EBCDIC - Multilingual/ROECE (Latin-2) |
874 | ANSI/OEM - Thai (same as 28605, ISO 8859-15) |
875 | IBM EBCDIC - Modern Greek |
932 | ANSI/OEM - Japanese, Shift-JIS |
936 | ANSI/OEM - Simplified Chinese (PRC, Singapore) |
949 | ANSI/OEM - Korean (Unified Hangul Code) |
950 | ANSI/OEM - Traditional Chinese (Taiwan; Hong Kong SAR, PRC) |
1026 | IBM EBCDIC - Turkish (Latin-5) |
1047 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin 1/Open System |
1140 | IBM EBCDIC - U.S./Canada (037 + Euro symbol) |
1141 | IBM EBCDIC - Germany (20273 + Euro symbol) |
1142 | IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway (20277 + Euro symbol) |
1143 | IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden (20278 + Euro symbol) |
1144 | IBM EBCDIC - Italy (20280 + Euro symbol) |
1145 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain (20284 + Euro symbol) |
1146 | IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom (20285 + Euro symbol) |
1147 | IBM EBCDIC - France (20297 + Euro symbol) |
1148 | IBM EBCDIC - International (500 + Euro symbol) |
1149 | IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic (20871 + Euro symbol) |
1200 | Unicode UCS-2 Little-Endian (BMP of ISO 10646) |
1201 | Unicode UCS-2 Big-Endian |
1250 | ANSI - Central European |
1251 | ANSI - Cyrillic |
1252 | ANSI - Latin I |
1253 | ANSI - Greek |
1254 | ANSI - Turkish |
1255 | ANSI - Hebrew |
1256 | ANSI - Arabic |
1257 | ANSI - Baltic |
1258 | ANSI/OEM - Vietnamese |
1361 | Korean (Johab) |
10000 | MAC - Roman |
10001 | MAC - Japanese |
10002 | MAC - Traditional Chinese (Big5) |
10003 | MAC - Korean |
10004 | MAC - Arabic |
10005 | MAC - Hebrew |
10006 | MAC - Greek I |
10007 | MAC - Cyrillic |
10008 | MAC - Simplified Chinese (GB 2312) |
10010 | MAC - Romania |
10017 | MAC - Ukraine |
10021 | MAC - Thai |
10029 | MAC - Latin II |
10079 | MAC - Icelandic |
10081 | MAC - Turkish |
10082 | MAC - Croatia |
12000 | Unicode UCS-4 Little-Endian |
12001 | Unicode UCS-4 Big-Endian |
20000 | CNS - Taiwan |
20001 | TCA - Taiwan |
20002 | Eten - Taiwan |
20003 | IBM5550 - Taiwan |
20004 | TeleText - Taiwan |
20005 | Wang - Taiwan |
20105 | IA5 IRV International Alphabet No. 5 (7-bit) |
20106 | IA5 German (7-bit) |
20107 | IA5 Swedish (7-bit) |
20108 | IA5 Norwegian (7-bit) |
20127 | US-ASCII (7-bit) |
20261 | T.61 |
20269 | ISO 6937 Non-Spacing Accent |
20273 | IBM EBCDIC - Germany |
20277 | IBM EBCDIC - Denmark/Norway |
20278 | IBM EBCDIC - Finland/Sweden |
20280 | IBM EBCDIC - Italy |
20284 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin America/Spain |
20285 | IBM EBCDIC - United Kingdom |
20290 | IBM EBCDIC - Japanese Katakana Extended |
20297 | IBM EBCDIC - France |
20420 | IBM EBCDIC - Arabic |
20423 | IBM EBCDIC - Greek |
20424 | IBM EBCDIC - Hebrew |
20833 | IBM EBCDIC - Korean Extended |
20838 | IBM EBCDIC - Thai |
20866 | Russian - KOI8-R |
20871 | IBM EBCDIC - Icelandic |
20880 | IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Russian) |
20905 | IBM EBCDIC - Turkish |
20924 | IBM EBCDIC - Latin-1/Open System (1047 + Euro symbol) |
20932 | JIS X 0208-1990 & 0121-1990 |
20936 | Simplified Chinese (GB2312) |
21025 | IBM EBCDIC - Cyrillic (Serbian, Bulgarian) |
21027 | Extended Alpha Lowercase |
21866 | Ukrainian (KOI8-U) |
28591 | ISO 8859-1 Latin I |
28592 | ISO 8859-2 Central Europe |
28593 | ISO 8859-3 Latin 3 |
28594 | ISO 8859-4 Baltic |
28595 | ISO 8859-5 Cyrillic |
28596 | ISO 8859-6 Arabic |
28597 | ISO 8859-7 Greek |
28598 | ISO 8859-8 Hebrew |
28599 | ISO 8859-9 Latin 5 |
28605 | ISO 8859-15 Latin 9 |
29001 | Europa 3 |
38598 | ISO 8859-8 Hebrew |
50220 | ISO 2022 Japanese with no halfwidth Katakana |
50221 | ISO 2022 Japanese with halfwidth Katakana |
50222 | ISO 2022 Japanese JIS X 0201-1989 |
50225 | ISO 2022 Korean |
50227 | ISO 2022 Simplified Chinese |
50229 | ISO 2022 Traditional Chinese |
50930 | Japanese (Katakana) Extended |
50931 | US/Canada and Japanese |
50933 | Korean Extended and Korean |
50935 | Simplified Chinese Extended and Simplified Chinese |
50936 | Simplified Chinese |
50937 | US/Canada and Traditional Chinese |
50939 | Japanese (Latin) Extended and Japanese |
51932 | EUC - Japanese |
51936 | EUC - Simplified Chinese |
51949 | EUC - Korean |
51950 | EUC - Traditional Chinese |
52936 | HZ-GB2312 Simplified Chinese |
54936 | Windows XP: GB18030 Simplified Chinese (4 Byte) |
57002 | ISCII Devanagari |
57003 | ISCII Bengali |
57004 | ISCII Tamil |
57005 | ISCII Telugu |
57006 | ISCII Assamese |
57007 | ISCII Oriya |
57008 | ISCII Kannada |
57009 | ISCII Malayalam |
57010 | ISCII Gujarati |
57011 | ISCII Punjabi |
65000 | Unicode UTF-7 |
65001 | Unicode UTF-8 |
Identifier | Name |
1 | ASCII |
2 | NEXTSTEP |
3 | JapaneseEUC |
4 | UTF8 |
5 | ISOLatin1 |
6 | Symbol |
7 | NonLossyASCII |
8 | ShiftJIS |
9 | ISOLatin2 |
10 | Unicode |
11 | WindowsCP1251 |
12 | WindowsCP1252 |
13 | WindowsCP1253 |
14 | WindowsCP1254 |
15 | WindowsCP1250 |
21 | ISO2022JP |
30 | MacOSRoman |
10 | UTF16String |
0x90000100 | UTF16BigEndian |
0x94000100 | UTF16LittleEndian |
0x8c000100 | UTF32String |
0x98000100 | UTF32BigEndian |
0x9c000100 | UTF32LittleEndian |
65536 | Proprietary |
This setting only works on these controls: AS3Receiver, AS3Sender, Atom, Client(3DS), FTP, FTPServer, IMAP, OFTPClient, SSHClient, SCP, Server(3DS), Sexec, SFTP, SFTPServer, SSHServer, TCPClient, TCPServer.
Setting this configuration setting to tells the control to use the internal implementation instead of using the system security libraries.
This setting is set to by default on all platforms.
Trappable Errors (FTP Control)
FTP Errors
20119 | Firewall error. The error description contains detailed information. |
20142 | FTP error. The error message contains the server reply. |
20143 | Communication error. The error message contains the description. |
20144 | Busy executing current method. |
20145 | Local file error. The error description contains detailed information. |
20146 | Can't open LocalFile for reading. |
20147 | No RemoteFile specified while uploading. |
20148 | Data interface error. The error description contains detailed information. |
20149 | LocalFile already exists and overwrite is False. |
20150 | Windows message queue dropped a message (typically due to heavy load). |
20302 | Operation is interrupted. |
20303 | Can't open local file. |
20312 | Accept failed for data connection. |
20313 | Asynchronous select failed for data connection. |
The control may also return one of the following error codes, which are inherited from other controls.
TCPClient Errors
20101 | You cannot change the RemotePort at this time. A connection is in progress. |
20102 | You cannot change the RemoteHost (Server) at this time. A connection is in progress. |
20103 | The RemoteHost address is invalid (0.0.0.0). |
20105 | Already connected. If you want to reconnect, close the current connection first. |
20107 | You cannot change the LocalPort at this time. A connection is in progress. |
20108 | You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress. |
20113 | You cannot change MaxLineLength at this time. A connection is in progress. |
20117 | RemotePort cannot be zero. Please specify a valid service port number. |
20118 | You cannot change the UseConnection option while the control is active. |
20136 | Operation would block. |
20202 | Timeout. |
20212 | Action impossible in control's present state. |
20213 | Action impossible while not connected. |
20214 | Action impossible while listening. |
20302 | Timeout. |
20303 | Could not open file. |
20435 | Unable to convert string to selected CodePage. |
21106 | Already connecting. If you want to reconnect, close the current connection first. |
21118 | You need to connect first. |
21120 | You cannot change the LocalHost at this time. A connection is in progress. |
21121 | Connection dropped by remote host. |
TCP/IP Errors
25005 | [10004] Interrupted system call. |
25010 | [10009] Bad file number. |
25014 | [10013] Access denied. |
25015 | [10014] Bad address. |
25023 | [10022] Invalid argument. |
25025 | [10024] Too many open files. |
25036 | [10035] Operation would block. |
25037 | [10036] Operation now in progress. |
25038 | [10037] Operation already in progress. |
25039 | [10038] Socket operation on nonsocket. |
25040 | [10039] Destination address required. |
25041 | [10040] Message is too long. |
25042 | [10041] Protocol wrong type for socket. |
25043 | [10042] Bad protocol option. |
25044 | [10043] Protocol is not supported. |
25045 | [10044] Socket type is not supported. |
25046 | [10045] Operation is not supported on socket. |
25047 | [10046] Protocol family is not supported. |
25048 | [10047] Address family is not supported by protocol family. |
25049 | [10048] Address already in use. |
25050 | [10049] Cannot assign requested address. |
25051 | [10050] Network is down. |
25052 | [10051] Network is unreachable. |
25053 | [10052] Net dropped connection or reset. |
25054 | [10053] Software caused connection abort. |
25055 | [10054] Connection reset by peer. |
25056 | [10055] No buffer space available. |
25057 | [10056] Socket is already connected. |
25058 | [10057] Socket is not connected. |
25059 | [10058] Cannot send after socket shutdown. |
25060 | [10059] Too many references, cannot splice. |
25061 | [10060] Connection timed out. |
25062 | [10061] Connection refused. |
25063 | [10062] Too many levels of symbolic links. |
25064 | [10063] File name is too long. |
25065 | [10064] Host is down. |
25066 | [10065] No route to host. |
25067 | [10066] Directory is not empty |
25068 | [10067] Too many processes. |
25069 | [10068] Too many users. |
25070 | [10069] Disc Quota Exceeded. |
25071 | [10070] Stale NFS file handle. |
25072 | [10071] Too many levels of remote in path. |
25092 | [10091] Network subsystem is unavailable. |
25093 | [10092] WINSOCK DLL Version out of range. |
25094 | [10093] Winsock is not loaded yet. |
26002 | [11001] Host not found. |
26003 | [11002] Nonauthoritative 'Host not found' (try again or check DNS setup). |
26004 | [11003] Nonrecoverable errors: FORMERR, REFUSED, NOTIMP. |
26005 | [11004] Valid name, no data record (check DNS setup). |