Hi Mark

>I have to send data up to a server and take data down from inside a vfp program. I want the user to connect
>to the web then click on a button that will upload a file to a folder on the ftp site, then check another
>folder to see if there is a file in there and if there is download it. i need to be able to tell if and
>when the file has been downloaded fully as well. does anyone know any programs that alloy this kind of
>program controlled interface

have a look at Chilkat Soft. They have an ActiveX which you can use in Foxpro.
http://www.chilkatsoft.com/

Fully supported and commercial FTP component.

Copy remote files to your local filesystem.
Copy files from your local filesystem to the FTP server.
Download text and binary files and access directly in memory.
Upload to FTP site directly from memory.
Create remote directory.
Rename remote files and directories.
Delete remote files and directories.
Get remote directory listing as XML.
Passive mode.

1-Developer Chilkat FTP2 License with one year support is $149

or get the whole stuff

1-Developer Chilkat Subscription Unlimited 1-Year Support is $289
including Email, Zip, Encryption, MIME, Bounce, MHT, IMAP, Charset, XML, FTP2, Spider, PFX, BlackList, ASP XML, ASP Mail