ScSFTPClient DownloadFile error

[cassavetes14]

When I try to use DownloadFile on a SFTP server, I get the error "The massage [file.csv] is not extractable".
On my local SFTP server all work fine, but on the real SFTP server the error is issued.
Where is the problem?
Thanks

[Dimon]

It seems, that SFTP Server cannot access a home directory.
Try to download a file step by step without using the DownloadFile method. Please follow the steps below:
1. Establish SFTP connection using the TScSFTPClient.Initialize method.
2. Open a remote file by the OpenFile method.
3. Retrieve file attributes by the RetrieveAttributesByHandle method.
4. Read the data using the ReadFile method in a loop until the file download is completed.

[cassavetes14]

Thank You very much, I will try it

[cassavetes14]

Does not work: I get a download error.

[Dimon]

Please, specify the exact step from the post above when the problem is reproduced.

[Pasquina]

I just ran into this same problem trying to download short message files from a large corporate website. The server kept giving me the annoying and useless "cannot be extracted" message. I tried the suggestion here to open a handle, retrieve the attributes and then read the file, but the "cannot be extracted" message continued. It got past the RetrieveAttributesByHandle ok, but failed on the ReadFile. I removed the RetrieveAttributesByHandle and that solved the problem. It may be that freeing and reopening the handle will allow you to get both the Attributes and Read the file, but I haven't tried that. I'm not concerned with the attributes, just the file content.

Regardless, whoever runs the server has a fairly buggy implementation of SFTP!

MV

[ViktorV]

Thank you for the information. We will investigate this behavior of SecureBridge.
Please specify the exact SFTP server version you are using.