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Uploadftp: Cannot open FTP Connection
Post by yshua on May 25th, 2014, 8:07pm

Dear Readers:

Tried to fire up uploadftp.bbc program on Windows 7 pc, uploading one file to Windows 8.1 server, but possibly protocol has changed after over a year?! FTP port is still 21. Any ideas?

Thanks always,
Yshua cool
Re: Uploadftp: Cannot open FTP Connection
Post by rtr on May 25th, 2014, 9:16pm

on May 25th, 2014, 8:07pm, yshua wrote:
Any ideas?

One possibility is that you need to specify the _INTERNET_FLAG_PASSIVE flag. Also, note the comment about the different OPEN_TYPE_ values:

http://bb4w.wikispaces.com/Uploading+files+to+an+FTP+server

Try different combinations of flags; hopefully one will work.

Richard.
Re: Uploadftp: Cannot open FTP Connection
Post by yshua on May 27th, 2014, 11:33am

Dear Richard:

Thanks for supplying info. Now am doing my part of the deal.... Am doing lots of research on problems connecting with ftp which will probably take about a week or two! But you gave me the push in the right direction. Will let you know what the solution was when it happens.

Have a great day!
Yshua smiley
Re: Uploadftp: Cannot open FTP Connection
Post by KenDown on Nov 19th, 2015, 07:35am

There is also the delightful problem that servers can vary. I use the uploadftp routines to automatically upload stuff and most of the time it works just fine - and then suddenly, for no reason that I can discover, it stops working. I resort to a commercial ftp program to upload the necessary files by hand, but after a day or so I can upload automatically again.

It's driving me mad.