Const cFTPServer As String = "ftp.mysite.com" 'CHANGE THIS.
Const cFTPPort = 21
Const cFTPCommandsFile As String = "FTP_commands.txt"
Public Sub Ftp_Upload_File()
Dim inputValue As Variant
Dim FTPusername As String, FTPpassword As String
Dim filenum As Integer
Dim FTPcommand As String
Dim wsh As Object
inputValue = InputBox("Enter username", cFTPServer)
If inputValue = False Or inputValue = "" Then Exit Sub
FTPusername = CStr(inputValue)
inputValue = InputBox("Enter password for username " & FTPusername, cFTPServer)
If inputValue = False Or inputValue = "" Then Exit Sub
FTPpassword = CStr(inputValue)
'Create file containing ftp commands. The file has to contain the username and password
'to connect to the ftp server. Creating the file and deleting it immediately after use gives some degree of
'security in preference to having a static file containing the username and password
filenum = FreeFile
Open cFTPCommandsFile For Output As #filenum
Print #filenum, "!REM upload .csv file" 'Use !REM for comments with a Windows ftp server
'Print #filenum, "!# upload .csv file" 'Use '# for comments with a Unix ftp server
Print #filenum, "open " & cFTPServer & " " & cFTPPort
Print #filenum, "user " & FTPusername & " " & FTPpassword
Print #filenum, "cd /remoteFolder" 'CHANGE THIS
'Print #filenum, "binary" 'binary file
Print #filenum, "ascii" 'text file
Print #filenum, "put " & QQ("C:\path\to\local csv file.csv") 'CHANGE THIS
'The next line is temporarily commented out to omit the bye command from the ftp commands script.
'This keeps the command window open to show whether the ftp commands worked successfully or not.
'If the bye command is omitted you must type bye in the command window to exit ftp and end this procedure
'Print #filenum, "bye"
Close #filenum
'Construct ftp command line, specifying the file containing FTP commands. The -n parameter suppresses auto-login
'upon initial connection because we want to use the username and password specified in the command file
FTPcommand = "ftp -i -n -s:" & QQ(cFTPCommandsFile)
'Run ftp command synchronously, waiting for the command to return
'WindowStyle 1 displays the command window. Use this, together with omitting the bye command, to verify
'whether or not the ftp commands worked successfully.
'WindowStyle 0 hides the command window.
'See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/d5fk67ky%28VS.85%29.aspx
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run Command:=FTPcommand, WindowStyle:=1, waitonreturn:=True
'Delete the ftp commands file so that the username and password are not left lying around
Kill cFTPCommandsFile
MsgBox "Finished"
End Sub
Private Function QQ(text As String) As String
QQ = Chr(34) & text & Chr(34)
End Function
and copy it to a ftp server. I set the ftp up on my pc as an available network, I can browse through the folders which means I am connected, I think. I tried doing a "xcopy" & "copy" bat file to copy the file, but it would just create a new folder on my C drive.
