OverwriteFiles Property

If a file already exists locally it will be overwritten during a download. The default for this property is false.

Syntax

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

'Declaration
 
Public Overridable Property OverwriteFiles As System.Boolean

'Usage
 
Dim instance As FTP
Dim value As System.Boolean
 
instance.OverwriteFiles = value
 
value = instance.OverwriteFiles

public virtual System.bool OverwriteFiles {get; set;}

public read-write property OverwriteFiles: System.Boolean; virtual;

public function get,set OverwriteFiles : System.boolean

public: __property virtual System.bool get_OverwriteFiles();
public: __property virtual void set_OverwriteFiles( 
   System.bool value
);

public:
virtual property System.bool OverwriteFiles {
   System.bool get();
   void set (    System.bool value);
}

Example

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
 
//If a file already exists locally it will be overwritten durring a download 
ftp.OverwriteFiles = true;
System.Console.WriteLine("A file that already exist will {0} durring a download ", ftp.OverwriteFiles == true ? "be overwritten" : "not be overwritten");
 
ftp.DownloadFile("a.txt", "a.txt");

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
 
'If a file already exists locally it will be overwritten durring a download 
ftp.OverwriteFiles = True
If ftp.OverwriteFiles = True Then
    System.Console.WriteLine("A file that already exist will {0} durring a download ","be overwritten")
Else
    System.Console.WriteLine("A file that already exist will {0} durring a download ","not be overwritten")
End If
 
ftp.DownloadFile("a.txt", "a.txt")

Requirements

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