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$image\rwnprg32.gif$ Accessing Reflection FTP Methods and Properties from Visual Basic

There are three basic steps you perform to access Reflection FTP methods and properties from Visual Basic:

1 Dimension an object variable.

2 Create a new Reflection FTP OLE Automation object and assign the object to the object variable dimensioned in step 1, using the Set statement.

Use the CreateObject function to create a new OLE Automation object; use the GetObject function to attach to an existing object.

3 Using the object variable name dimensioned in step 1, reference the Reflection FTP object in your code to access the Reflection methods and properties.

A simple example of a Visual Basic procedure that performs these steps might look something like this:

Sub ReflectionLogon()

' Dimension the object

' Using early binding syntax, which is recommended.

Dim Reflection As ReflectionFTP3

' This commented line shows late binding syntax. (Not recommended.)

'Dim RFTP As Object

' Invoke an instance of WrqFtp component

Set Reflection = CreateObject("Reflection.ftp")

' Connect to ftp.wrq.com with anonymous login

Reflection.Open "ftp.wrq.com", "anonymous"

' Store any error messages in local variable for future use

txtError = Reflection.LastErrorString

' Log out of FTP Site and disconnect

Reflection.Close

' Tell OLE we're done with the ReflectionFtp component

Set Reflection = Nothing

End Sub

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