forget this one. i've got it working now.
"API" <ari.pikivirta@kolumbus.fi> wrote in message
news:45ed849c@newsgroups.borland.com...
> this might be dummy question, but i'll ask anyway - -
> i started to play around with indy ftp client (indy 10.1.6)
> and tried to add new thread for the long taking downloads
> or uploads as follows:
>
> sl:= tstringlist.create;
> newftp:= tidftp.Create(self); // create additional client
> try
> ConnectNewFtp(idftp1, newftp); // try connect with exactly same
> original parameters
> sl.clear; // clear temp list
> for i:=0 to api_listbox1.Items.Count-1 do // go trough all items
> if api_listbox1.Selected[i] then // if selected
> sl.add(api_listbox1.getcolvalue(i,0)); // add directory name
> if sl.count>0 then // if any selected found
> for i:=0 to sl.count-1 do // go trough selected
> try
> if newftp.Connected then // new client was succesfully connected
> u_ftptools.DownloadFtpDirectory(newftp, target, sl[i]) //
> download folder with subs
> else u_ftptools.DownloadFtpDirectory(idftp1, target, sl[i]); //
> download folder with subs
> except
> on e: exception do
> begin
> messagedlg(e.Message, mterror, [mbok], 0); // show error that
> were raised
> break; // break loop, we don't want to download more dirs
> end;
> end;
> finally
> sl.free; // free temporary list of dir names
> newftp.free; // free new client created for these download(s)
> end;
>
> it works, but is there some OTHER way of creating new connect for
> the downloads that doesn't stop the main ftp client?
>
> lets assume that the "DownloadFtpDirectory" is transferring stream,
> how would i break the download while on that phase (idftp.get);
> is it possible to just raise exception to the newftp created?
