Simplest method of retrieving and reading a text file via FTP
lazarus / 38-Networking and Web Programming

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jdlinke · 2014-08-14 03:41

I haven't done anything network/web-related in delphi or FPC/lazarus
in *years* (like the mid-2000's), so I'm completely out of the loop.

I want users to be able to select "Check for Updates" from a menu in
my application and then the program will simply read a single line
from a single file on my anonymous FTP in order to view the current
release version of my installer program. That's it. (I'll get into
more in-depth networking stuff once my current projects are done)

Looking at the Wiki, I see that there are a number of networking
libraries available that could probably do the trick.

But, does anyone have a recommendation for which of these libraries is
the simplest/easiest for my particular case?

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minesadorada · 2014-08-14 05:06

If your environment is Windows, keep an eye on LazAutoUpdate.  I'm
currently working on non-sourceforge updates.

http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,25444.0.html

It uses httpsend from the synapse library - I think synapse also has
an ftp method as well.

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jdlinke · 2014-08-14 12:57

minesadorada: Will do. I'm still at pretty early stages on this
project, so update capability doesn't really have to be implemented
yet.