Private sub Download
Const localFile As String = "C:\file_downloaded.bin"
Const remoteFile As String = "/data.bin"
Const host As String = "ftp://server-address"
Const username As String = "Username"
Const password As String = "Password"
' Create a request: must be in ftp://hostname format,
Dim URI As String = host & remoteFile
Dim ftp As System.Net.FtpWebRequest = CType(FtpWebRequest.Create(URI), FtpWebRequest)
ftp.Credentials = New System.Net.NetworkCredential(username, password)
ftp.KeepAlive = False
ftp.UseBinary = True 'or false for text
ftp.Method = System.Net.WebRequestMethods.Ftp.DownloadFile
Using response As System.Net.FtpWebResponse = _
CType(ftp.GetResponse, System.Net.FtpWebResponse)
Using responseStream As IO.Stream = response.GetResponseStream
'loop to read & write to file
Using fs As New IO.FileStream(localFile, IO.FileMode.Create)
Dim buffer(2047) As Byte
Dim read As Integer = 0
Do
read = responseStream.Read(buffer, 0, buffer.Length)
Debug.Print(read)
fs.Write(buffer, 0, read)
Loop Until read = 0 'see Note(1)
responseStream.Close()
fs.Flush()
fs.Close()
End Using
responseStream.Close()
End Using
response.Close()
End Using
End Sub
