DownloadDirectory(String,String,Boolean,DateTime,DateTime) Method

Visual Basic
C#
Delphi
JScript
Managed Extensions for C++
C++/CLI

'Declaration
 
Public Overloads Function DownloadDirectory( _
   ByVal localDirectory As System.String, _
   ByVal ftpDirectory As System.String, _
   ByVal subDirectories As System.Boolean, _
   ByVal startDate As System.Date, _
   ByVal endDate As System.Date _
) As System.Collections.Generic.List(Of TransferInfo)

'Usage
 
Dim instance As FTP
Dim localDirectory As System.String
Dim ftpDirectory As System.String
Dim subDirectories As System.Boolean
Dim startDate As System.Date
Dim endDate As System.Date
Dim value As System.Collections.Generic.List(Of TransferInfo)
 
value = instance.DownloadDirectory(localDirectory, ftpDirectory, subDirectories, startDate, endDate)

public System.Collections.Generic.List<TransferInfo> DownloadDirectory( 
   System.string localDirectory,
   System.string ftpDirectory,
   System.bool subDirectories,
   System.DateTime startDate,
   System.DateTime endDate
)

public function DownloadDirectory( 
    localDirectory: System.String;
    ftpDirectory: System.String;
    subDirectories: System.Boolean;
    startDate: System.DateTime;
    endDate: System.DateTime
): System.Collections.Generic.List;

public function DownloadDirectory( 
   localDirectory : System.String,
   ftpDirectory : System.String,
   subDirectories : System.boolean,
   startDate : System.DateTime,
   endDate : System.DateTime
) : System.Collections.Generic.List;

public: System.Collections.Generic.List<TransferInfo*>* DownloadDirectory( 
   System.string* localDirectory,
   System.string* ftpDirectory,
   System.bool subDirectories,
   System.DateTime startDate,
   System.DateTime endDate
)

public:
System.Collections.Generic.List<TransferInfo^>^ DownloadDirectory( 
   System.String^ localDirectory,
   System.String^ ftpDirectory,
   System.bool subDirectories,
   System.DateTime startDate,
   System.DateTime endDate
)

Parameters

localDirectory: The local path to put the directory
ftpDirectory: The FTP directory to download
subDirectories: Download files in sub directories
startDate: The earliest file to upload
endDate: The latest file to upload

C#

FTP ftp = new FTP(); //Trial Mode            
//FTP ftp = new FTP("place user name here", "place license key here");
 
// set the name of the FTP server( its URL )
ftp.HostAddress = "ftp.fsz.bme.hu"; // a hungarian university. change this to your ftp server
ftp.UserName = "anonymous"; // replace with your user name
ftp.Password = "user@mail.com"; // replace with your password
 
//Downloads all directories, subdirectories and files in the selected Directory asynchronously from FTP 
System.Console.WriteLine("We are downloading the TestDir folder.This is a non-blocking call");
 
// All these calls do the same thing
ftp.DownloadDirectory("C:\\Download", "TestDir");
/* ftp.DownloadDirectory("C:\\Download", "TestDir", true, "*.*");
 ftp.DownloadDirectory("C:\\Download", "TestDir", true, new Regex(".+"));
 ftp.DownloadDirectory("C:\\Download", "TestDir", true, DateTime.MinValue, DateTime.MaxValue);
 ftp.DownloadDirectory("C:\\Download", "TestDir", true, 0, Int64.MaxValue);
  */
  
System.Console.WriteLine("{0} files have been Transferred", ftp.FileCount);

Visual Basic

Dim ftp As FTP = New FTP() 'Trial Mode
'FTP ftp = new FTP("place user name here", "place license key here");
 
' set the name of the FTP server( its URL )
ftp.HostAddress = "ftp.fsz.bme.hu" ' a hungarian university. change this to your ftp server
ftp.UserName = "anonymous" ' replace with your user name
ftp.Password = "user@mail.com" ' replace with your password
 
'Downloads all directories, subdirectories and files in the selected Directory asynchronously from FTP 
System.Console.WriteLine("We are downloading the TestDir folder.This is a non-blocking call")
 
' All these calls do the same thing
ftp.DownloadDirectory("C:\\Download", "TestDir")
' ftp.DownloadDirectory("C:\\Download", "TestDir", true, "*.*")
'ftp.DownloadDirectory("C:\\Download", "TestDir", true, new Regex(".+"))
'ftp.DownloadDirectory("C:\\Download", "TestDir", true, DateTime.MinValue, DateTime.MaxValue)
'ftp.DownloadDirectory("C:\\Download", "TestDir", true, 0, Int64.MaxValue)
'
 
System.Console.WriteLine("{0} files have been Transferred", ftp.FileCount)

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

FTP Class
FTP Members
Overload List