I am now using LV7.1 and trying to list all the files (with file name, file size and modified date) on both a local drive and a remote FTP site. I can manage to do on a local drive, but is it possible to list the files on a FTP site?
Listing files on a local drive and listing the contents of an ftp site are two different things. Access to an ftp site uses a totally different protocol. Off the top of my head, you have a few options:
Use a third-party tool that can map an ftp drive to a local drive letter. WebDrive is one such client. Note: I'm assuming Windows here.
Use the Intenet Toolkit.
Use the LabVIEW TCP/IP functions to write up your own ftp client to connect to the server, change to the desired directory, and send the command to list the contents, which you can parse and spit out as a nice little array of filenames. Check the LabVIEW examples, as I believe there's some examples on this. You should also search this board for "ftp client", as this has been brought up before, and samples have been posted.
Also, the Internet Toolkit has a set of FTP functions. There's a shipping example with it called FTP Browser and one of the functions it calls is FTP Directory Listing. The top level example only show file names it but the directory listing function returns size and date as well.
