How to build a GUI FTP client (with no code)
   
The FTP GUI Toolkit can be used to build GUI FTP clients. As demonstrated below, this can be done without writing any code.

Step 1: Create a new Windows Forms Project (either C# or VB)

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Step 2: Display the Visual Studio toolbox. The FTP components should be available in an FTP tab as shown below. If the FTP components are not displayed in the toolbox, you may need to manually register them.

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Step 3:  Drag an ExFTPConnection, FTPController, FTPConnectionEditor, FTPLocalFileList and FTPRemoteFileList onto the form. Arrange the file lists and the connection editor in a similar way to that shown below:


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Step 4: Drag an FTPStatusBar onto the bottom of the form:


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Step 5: Add two buttons from the toolbox's Windows Forms tab, and label them Connect and Disconnect. Then select the instance of the FTPController. Set its CloseEventSource to the name of the Disconnect button, and the ConnectEventSource to the name of the Connect button, as shown below:


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Step 6: Build the project and then run the application. Enter the Server Address, User Name and Password, and click on the Connect button. You should have a working FTP client, as shown below. Click on Disconnect to disconnect from the server.

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Step 7: Now add two Buttons labeled Load and Save. Then select the instance of the FTPController. Set its LoadEventSource to the name of the Load button, and the SaveEventSource to the name of the Save button, as shown below:

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Step 8: Build the project and then run the application. Enter the Server Address, User Name and Password in the FTPConnectionEditor, and click on the Save button. You will be prompted with a file save dialog box labeled Save FTP Server Details. This will save the connection details in a *.ftp file. Then close the application.

Step 9: Run the application again, and click on the Load button. You will be prompted to load files of type *.ftp. Load the file you saved in the previous step. You should see your previous connection details loaded in the FTPConnectionEditor, and you can then click on Connect.