Topic: ftp upload routine

[TopoWAR]

hello teachers, there is a routine that allows uploading files to an ftp server? I know of to lose, but I have not found anything up. Thanks for your attention.

[Lee Mac]

vla-putremotefile immediately springs to mind, though I'm sure there are more advanced methods by interfacing with ActiveX objects outside of the AutoCAD Object Model.

[irneb]

One of the oldest threads here: http://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=13.0
 
And some more options: http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?126021-Copy-file-from-Ftp-or-web

[TopoWAR]

thanks lee-mac, but know how to apply vla-putremotefile, I know nothing of v-la ...
but I'll try

[Lee Mac]

thanks lee-mac, but know how to apply vla-putremotefile, I know nothing of vla- ...

putremotefile is a method of the VLA Utility object, hence you would call it as follows:

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1. (vla-putremotefile
2.     (vla-get-utility (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))
3.     <ftp-url>
4.     <filename>
5. )

[irneb]

...you would call it as follows:...

Problem with the highlighted code - the vla-putremotefile links to the index page, but there's no such function listed (as I'd expect since its an ActiveX method - not a normal lisp function).
 
To use these you'd need to check the ActiveX help: http://entercad.ru/acadauto.en/index.html?page=idh_utility_object.htm
Also available as a chm file in your acad install: C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared\acadauto.chm

[TopoWAR]

I did as follows but only returns nil, that may be wrong?
(vla-putremotefile
       (vla-get-utility (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))
       "http://www.topowar.net/Otros"
       "c:\\leame.txt"
    )

is supposed to ask for the username and password of ftp?

[ElpanovEvgeniy]

ftp://[User Name]:[Password]@[address]

as exempl:

ftp://UserName:MyPassword@ftp.thest.com

[TopoWAR]

ElpanovEvgeniy , fantastic, I'll prove it, thank you very much!

[bilançikur]

Curious about where this might lead to, I tried the next code:

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(vla-putremotefile
  (vla-get-utility (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))
  "ftp://user:password@ftp.domain.com//public//sites//www.domain.com//files//"
  "c:\\test.dwg"
)
It returns:

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  ;error: Automation Error. Inet: session connect failed

[irneb]

Could be any one of a number of reasons:

• Username and/or password incorrect
• URL incorrect
• Path not existent
• Insufficient rights to path (i.e. no write access)
• Server down / hanging

[ElpanovEvgeniy]

real test:

ftp://anonymous:test@ftp.autodesk.com

old autodesk FTP...

[irneb]

I think the issue is: this is testing a PUTremotefile. On that site the anonymous user does not have write access, so the function will fail.

The only way to test it would be to use a url to a server with a username which has write access.

[Peter2]

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...  "ftp://user:password@ftp.domain.com//public//sites//www.domain.com//files//"...

I just failed with that code on two different ftp-addresses, and this is why I asked about the syntax of the address above

- "ftp" at the beginning (that's clear)
- "ftp" after @ - I'm not sure ..
- "www" in the middle of the address - ?

Is there some really special to consider?

[TopoWAR]

I have tried in a thousand ways and I have not managed to make it work, maybe some teacher can collaborate with some test, thanks

[irneb]

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...  "ftp://user:password@ftp.domain.com//public//sites//www.domain.com//files//"...Is there some really special to consider?

Not really an issue no.

• The first ftp:// simply states the protocol used.
• The second is because the site's name contains it. Many sites use the same domain name and then a www prefix for their web pages and a ftp prefix for the ftp server.
• The www portion (I'm assuming) is just a folder name in the ftp server's shared folders.

I have tried in a thousand ways and I have not managed to make it work, maybe some teacher can collaborate with some test, thanks

Something weird though ... that code uses double forward slashes. It may just the why this isn't working. You don't need to escape forward slashes, only backslashes. I.e. a "\\" is interpreted as a single \, but a / can simply be used as "/".

Other than that (and the rest of the things previously mentioned) I cannot think of why this shouldn't work. It should rather look like this:
"ftp://user:password@ftp.domain.com/public/sites/www.domain.com/files/"

[wkmvrij]

You tried:

(vla-putremotefile
       (vla-get-utility (vla-get-activedocument (vlax-get-acad-object)))
       "http://www.topowar.net/Otros"
       "c:\\leame.txt"
    )

From the Autodesk Helpfile on the complimentary function VLA-GETREMOTEFILE:
 

(setq doc (vla-get-ActiveDocument acadObj))

    (setq Utility (vla-get-Utility doc))   ;; Connect to Utility object
   
    ;; Prompt user for a URL to download. This should be a URL to an AutoCAD drawing file.


I never tried these functions myself, but it seems likely that they are selective of the type of files to be transferred
 

[Andrea]

just curious....

why not trying to map a drive letter to this FTP....and then,...use vl-file-copy into it ?

[Peter2]

Maybe it would work on internal usage, but I see problems if the function runs in a common routine on different, "foreign" PCs.

[Andrea]

create a VBScript file..
https://www.example-code.com/vbscript/ftp_passiveUpload.asp

then,...call it from lisp... ?

[PKENEWELL]

Also my example writing a batch file: https://www.theswamp.org/index.php?topic=51824.msg569074#msg569074