Cyrus,
Make sure you get Windows Server patched in regards to the wwFtp crashing issue. There have been issues in Windows 8/IE 11/Windows 2012 related to FTP that Microsoft is slowly fixing.
You might want to check out my blog post that describes some of these issues from a while ago. While it talks about downloads and uploads I suspect the problems apply to any operations that have multiple commands.
http://www.west-wind.com/wconnect/weblog/ShowEntry.blog?id=898Microsoft has since acknowledged these issues and since the problem reports have been coming in less frequently I think have addressed at least some of these issues.
I'd also like to see a repro scenario. If it's still a problem it'd be nice to follow up with Microsoft and submit it as a bug report. If you could post a short code sample that demonstrates I can take a look since your scenario appears to be slightly different than what I talk about in the post.
+++ Rick ---
>>>What's the best way to see if a certain "Remote file Exists?" (in a folder such as /public_html/images)
>>>Using HTTP or FTP or however else. Doesn't matter.
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>>>Been working hard on writing code for WinINet to do the same thing. So far, I've got the ftp connection, changing folders, etc. all working.
>>>But for the life of me, I can't figure out how to use the FtpFindFirstFile() function. Just not enough description or sample code to understand it.
>>>
>>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>>Thanks.
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>>Cyrus, I have used the Chilkat controls for FTP (and other) work and (1) the products are great, (2) stable, (3) value for money, (4) detailed error reporting from the control, (5) great support and help, and most important (6) they give many examples in VFP. You would be up and running in 30 minutes or less with Chilkat because you can just copy/paste/amend their examples.
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>>A possible answer to you question is try and download the file and if it fails or returns nothing then the file does not exist. Is that an option?
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>You are absolutely right. I actually have their sFTP module, and love it. But that for some reason only allows 9 connections (file exists tries).
>I was just thinking about getting their FTP module as well. I also have the West Wind wwStuff from Rick. Which is great as well.
>But the wwFTP module in that package, has crashing issues running on couple Server 2012 systems.
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>Anyway I just got the WinINet code for Directory Listing to work. So, I am good.
>Thanks a bunch.
