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infratec wrote: Wed Dec 03, 2025 8:44 am You know that you have a space in front of the URL?

Yes I see that now and really Should not even have the ftp:// either. Works fine without. OpenFTP()) just does not report reliably.

So here is what i determined... I get faldse negative response from OpenFTP() and because the code (Seen below) gave me 3 failures each time, I thought it was actually failing to open and do the ExamineFTPDirectory(0) which turns out was also working:
Repeat
count + 1
;Debug count
;Debug USER ...

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I appreciate the tip but lets get the ...

infratec wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 8:54 am Try PB 6.30 or use ftp://ftp.domain.com

ftp://ftp.domain.com
Interesting thought ifrastec. Thanks!!

No new firewall setting preventing access for your app suddenly? Also, the user name and password can be case-sensitive on FTP. Checked that? Because maybe the server didn't care before but had a change and now requires it. That's all I can think of.


Firewall it seems. I am using Comodo Free ...

Ok, Thanks barryG !!!

SPH wrote: Sat May 31, 2025 8:41 pm Hi,
What video compression software do you recommend?
(I can't read all 44 pages of this post)

I just came across this amazing video editor. Totally FREE and writes super fast. Called Avidemux. Weird name but pretty fantastic: https://www.avidemux.org/

[UPDATE 12-02-25] The failure in OpenFTP()is not failure to open the FTP channel. It is a failure in OpenFTP to report succeessful open. (see my last post. https://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?p=648529#p648529
It actually does Open FTP but fails to return that success value. Gives zero ...

One little problem with that -- I had already set the compiler default to use the source directory, and that in turn corrupted every source file I ran with a line that says:
; CompileSourceDirectory

So my new bat file did not work, until I decorrupted the source file by removing that line.
BTW ...

idle wrote: Mon Nov 24, 2025 10:57 pm The bat file method works what's the problem?
output is redirected to the folder you chose and the compiler creates it's temp compile folder and output files under that folder.

Maybe you could provide a working bat file method. I tried and could not get it working.

The really unfortunate part here is any new changes in the PB design will not be retroactive and i am stuck in ver 5.x forever since I cannot get my code to adapt to 6.x now.

Right away: I know that this has often been requested. As I find it useful, I renew the request here again.

A new environment variable for the "compile to folder" path would be a solid improvement.
Now PB does use the TEMP, TMP variables - with a slightly different naming depending on the ...

Yes, I asked for adjustable "compile to folder" path some time ago. And I am not the only one.

For your Info (I'm sure most of you know that):
The setting “Create temporary executable in source directory” still uses the temporary directory for <New*> (unsaved) files, since there is no source ...

There's a prefs setting to create the executable in the same folder as the source file, if that's what you mean? I do that and told Windows Defender not to scan that folder. And also whitelist "PureBasic.exe" and its "Compilers" folder with your anti-virus app.

Despite doing this, you still need ...

Is there a setting somewhere that I can't find? I want to have the compiler use a different path than the %Temp% folder, So I can tell my AV don't bug me, or my Project development.