I use Chilkat's activex objects for FTP, e-mail and zip compression. For a project I did this summer I needed to develop an application to extract data, compress it and FTP it to a service bureau on a daily basis. The program is used by people with modest computer literacy, so the reliability and simplicity of the tool was important. After testing it and a couple other tools I purchased the full subscription at http://www.chilkatsoft.com and have been completely happy with it. My client thinks it is way cool that they get e-mail notifications of the results of their employees running the tool.

The Chilkat FTP object allows me to enumerate and look at the properties of files in the FTP folder as well as delete files and transfer files to and from the site. However I only have special "repository" folders exposed through FTP. If you want to access a general use folder, e.g. a folder where an application is installed, I would make very sure the that it is not accessible to general FTP users. There are techniques in IIS 6 (I'm not sure about IIS 5) that allow me to map folders for specific user logins that are not available to other FTP users. Considering that I get about a half-dozen extensive FTP probes of my server every month, I would recommend paying close attention to security. I would also disable any anonymous access to FTP, if at all practical.

...Jim

>Hi! Want to write a program to check the date & time of an exe on my website, if the date is greater than the exe running on a users machine, I want to offer to upload it.
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>What is the best way of doing this? Would a correcial product that offers FTP facilities in Foxpro be best?
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>Any ideas extremely welcome.