Return the current state of the control.

This property has been deprecated and may not be included in future versions of the control.

Syntax

object.State

Remarks

The State read-only property returns the state of the control. This property should be checked on blocking controls to determine if the control is in use before taking some action. The possible values returned by this property are:

Value	Description
ftpStatusUnused	No connection has been established
ftpStatusIdle	The client is current idle and not sending or receiving data
ftpStatusConnect	The client is establishing a connection with the server
ftpStatusRead	The client is reading data from the server
ftpStatusWrite	The client is writing data to the server
ftpStatusDisconnect	The client is disconnecting from the server
ftpStatusOpenFile	The client is opening a file on the server and establishing a data connection
ftpStatusCloseFile	The client is closing a file on the server and terminating the data connection
ftpStatusGetFile	The client is transferring a file from the server to the local system
ftpStatusPutFile	The client is transferring a file from the local system to the server
ftpStatusFileList	The client is reading a list of files returned by the server

Data Type

Integer (Int32)

See Also

IsConnected Property, IsReadable Property, IsWritable Property, Connect Method, Disconnect Method

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