2Q's - COM handles and FTP

[mpowell]

I have 2 problems really.

1)
I was wondering how I can find out the COM handle properties of any applications I want to use within my Progess software, say Outlook Express or Word?

2)
I want to be able to ftp as a batch.
I can do a DOS ftp.address.
but how do I then pass a username and password?
Both my progress and DOS session pause.
Any ideas?

Thanks
Regards
Martin Powell

 

[Gonzalo Gordon]

To view COM properties from Word, you can use the COM OBJECT VIEWER and open msword8.olb. This file is in office directory.

 

[jamesmc]

Martin,

Do you want the program to pass the username and password to the ftp session or can they be stored in a text file somewhere?

James.

 

[rich_t]

Martin,

I do the following:

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Arial, Verdana">code:</font><HR><pre>
OS-COMMAND SILENT ftp -i -n < command.txt.
[/code]

Where command.txt contains:

open hostname or ip address
user username
password
bin or asc
cd directory
lcd directory
get or mget filename
put or mput filename
quit

Basically, run ftp in non-interactive mode with no login prompt and let the command file handle it all for you. I usually generate the command file prior to the OS-COMMAND, changing the file name to the one I want to get or send.

HTH

Rich



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