FTPSize (Function)

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FTPSize (Function)

In french: FTPTaille

Returns the size (in bytes) of a file located on an FTP server (File Transfer Protocol).

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Example

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// Find out the size of "/Documents/File.doc" file 
// found on the FTP server
ResSize = FTPSize(7, "/Documents/File.DOC")

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// Syntax not available in PHP
// Connect the current computer to the FTP server
MyFTPConnection is ftpConnection
MyFTPConnection.Server = "192.54.12.8"
FTPConnect(MyFTPConnection)

// Find out the size of "/Documents/File.doc" file 
// found on the FTP server
ResSize= FTPSize(MyFTPConnection, "/Documents/File.doc")

Syntax

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Syntax not available in PHP

Getting the size of a file (connection via an ftpConnection variable) Hide the details

<Result> = FTPSize(<FTP connection> , <File name>)

<Result>: Integer

Size (in bytes) of the specified file,
-1 if an error occurred. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

<FTP connection>: ftpConnection variable

Name of the ftpConnection variable that describes the characteristics of the connection to the FTP server.
Note: This variable type is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2. For more details, see Using new features exclusive to the subscription-based version of WINDEV Suite 2025.

<File name>: Character string

Name and full or relative path of the file be accessed. The different parts of the path are separated by "slashes" ("/").
If this parameter is not specified, the size returned will be that of the last file accessed using one of the following FTP functions: FTPDate, FTPTime, FTPSize, FTPListFile. In this case, no request is sent to the server. This syntax is recommended.

Getting the size of a file (connection via the identifier of the connection to the FTP server) Hide the details

<Result> = FTPSize([<Connection ID> , <File name>]])

<Result>: Integer

File size in bytes,
-1 if an error occurred. To get more details on the error, use ErrorInfo with the errMessage constant.

<Connection ID>: Integer

Connection identifier, returned by FTPConnect.
This parameter is a Variant parameter.

<File name>: Character string

Name and full or relative path of the file be accessed. The different parts of the path are separated by "slashes" ("/").

Note: If the <Connection ID> and <File name> parameters are not specified, the size returned will be that of the last file accessed using one of the following FTP functions: FTPDate, FTPTime, FTPSize, FTPListFile. In this case, no request is sent to the server. This syntax is recommended.

Remarks

Timeout

By default, all the FTP functions fail if the FTP server does not respond within 20 seconds. This time can be modified:

when connecting to the FTP server with FTPConnect (<Timeout> parameter).
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when defining the parameters of the ftpConnection variable (Timeout property).
Note: This feature is only available in subscription-based versions, starting with WINDEV Suite 2025 - Update 2.
For more details, see Using new features exclusive to the subscription-based version of WINDEV Suite 2025.

Rights of users

Only a user who has read rights on the FTP server can get information about the files or the directories located on an FTP server. In most cases, the read rights are granted to the "anonymous" users.

Relative and absolute path

The notions of relative path and absolute path are very important in an FTP application.

A path beginning with a slash is considered an absolute path. This path is relative to the root of the FTP server (server-specific parameter).
ex: /pub/user/JULIA
If the path does not begin with a slash, it is considered a relative path, i.e. the path relative to the current directory. This current directory can be obtained or changed using FTPCurrentDir.

When connecting to an FTP site, the initial directory (the "base directory" of the user) is not necessarily found at the root of the FTP server. Therefore, we recommend that you use relative paths.

Required permissions

This function changes the permissions required by the application.
Required permission: INTERNET
This permission allows the applications to open the network sockets.

Business / UI classification: Business Logic

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