FileType Property

Gets and sets the current file transfer type for FTP transfers.

Syntax

object.FileType [= filetype]

The object is an expression that evaluates to a FileTransfer object. The property returns a long integer value.

Remarks

The FileType property specifies the type of file transfer between the local and remote host. The file transfer types supported are:

Value Constant Description
0 ftpFileTypeASCII The file being transferred is an ASCII file. The characters that mark the end of a line (for example, a carriage return/linefeed pair under MS-DOS) are automatically converted to the format used by the target operating system.
1 ftpFileTypeEBCDIC The file being transferred is a text file created using the EBCDIC character set. If a file is being copied to a remote system, the ASCII characters are automatically converted to EBCDIC. If the file is being retrieved from a remote system, the EBCDIC characters are automatically converted to ASCII.
2 ftpFileTypeBinary The file is transferred without any modification. This is the default file transfer type, and should be used when transferring binary (non-text) data.

Data Type

Integer

See Also

GetFile Method, PutFile Method


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