DefaultRepresentationType Property

Gets or sets the default value indicating how the data is transferred to and from the FTP server.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Property DefaultRepresentationType As RepresentationType

'Usage
 
Dim instance As FtpConnection

Dim value As RepresentationType

 

instance.DefaultRepresentationType = value

 

value = instance.DefaultRepresentationType

public RepresentationType DefaultRepresentationType {get; set;}

Property Value

A RepresentationType value indicating how the data is transferred to and from the FTP server. By default, RepresentationType.Binary.

Remarks

The representation type of each FtpFile can also be specified when calling the file's FtpFile.OpenWrite and FtpFile.OpenRead methods.

If set to RepresentationType.Binary (default), the data will be sent/received as contiguous bits which are packed into the 8-bit transfer bytes. If set to RepresentationType.Ascii, it will be sent/received using the standard 8-bit NVT-ASCII representation.

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

Reference

FtpConnection Class
FtpConnection Members