Choosing ASCII, Binary, or Auto Transfer Types

Use the TransferType property to retrieve or set the value for the way the Transfer Engine should transfer files (ASCII, binary or auto).

Syntax

String Object.TransferType

Parameters

"ASCII"

All files should be transferred in ASCII mode

"BINARY"

All files should be transferred in BINARY mode

"AUTO" (default)

The TE will reference an internal list editable from CuteFTP's Global Options to determine the proper transfer type for that particular file. For example, if the ASCII list contains a filter mask of "txt" then all files with extension ".txt" will be transferred in ASCII. If a file doesn't correspond to any mask in this list then it will be transferred in binary mode.

Example

Object.TransferType = "AUTO" 'the Transfer Engine will use the shell's default settings to establish whether the transfer should occur in binary or ASCII. 'write file transfer code next...