Connection mode and Transfer method

Question

Hi,
What should be the connection mode and transfer method to ftp a pdf file?

Thanks,
Ajay.

Answer 1

Hi,
I tried with ASCII mode (FTPTransferType.ASCII) and it works. However the same code is not working in the app server environment. I am not sure if it is a right approach to transfer PDF files in ASCII mode. Please throw some light on this.

Also please let me know can I transfer text files in binary mode? (.txt files, .jpg files, .sql files etc)

Answer 2

You must transfer PDF files in BINARY mode. Similarly for all multimedia files. They will corrupted if you use ASCII mode.

setType(FTPTransferType.BINARY);

Call the above before calling put() or get()

You can transfer text files in binary mode, but if the server is Unix and you are on Windows files transferred may look weird in Notepad.

Answer 3

Thank You Bruce.