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Re: wwftp cFTPsource
01/04/2012
09:15:05 PM
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Hi Robert,

I'm not sure I understand what you're trying to do.

What is running on the client? A foxpro application? Depending on what you're doing cFtpSource will have different meanings (upload/download). Basically if you want to use wwFtp you typically have a FoxPro desktop app talking to an FTP server in the Cloud. The client app uses wwFtp to send the file to the FTP server.

Ftp servers are dumb - they only send and receive files (and a few other things related to file management), but they don't run code. A Web Connection server is not an FTP server, so you'll need to have a separate FTP site in place.

If you need logic behind an upload the way you can do this is:


  • Upload from VFP Desktop app to Ftp Server using wwFtp
  • After upload send a message to WWWC server, so the server knows a file's been uploaded
    You can use wwHTTP and set up a custom Process method or Page that handles this incoming HTTP request.

This way you can 'attach' logic to an upload indirectly.

Hope this helps,

+++ Rick ---


Can cFTPsource be a file on the client computer? I want to give site visitors the ability to upload large files (16+ mb) to the WWWC server using FTP. Currently, I get a path error if cFTPsource is set to a file on my hard drive because WWWC tries to find the file on its own hard drive.




Rick Strahl
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