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SOFTWARE: FTP-It! V2.2 Now Available.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mick Brown)
Mon Feb 19 08:19:45 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 18 Feb 1996 12:32:40 GMT
From: lfirrantello@BIX.com (Mick Brown)
Reply-To: kmercer@airmail.net
Reply-To: kmercer@airmail.net
Submitted by: Kerry J. Mercer
Source: Kerry J. Mercer
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FTP-It!(tm) Version 2.2 February 6,1996
A Multi-threaded FTP Client Application (c) Copyright 1995,1996
This new version can be picked up from the following locations:
ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/incoming/ftpit22.exe
ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/incoming/ftpit22.exe
ftp://ftp.wilmington.net/bmtmicro/ftpit22.exe NOTE#1
http://www.hammer.org/OS2 Gary Hammer's Must Have Utilities NOTE#1
Note#1: I do not yet have confirmation that the new files are available
at these sites.
What's New in Version 2.2
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Changes
- Our email address has changed. Please send questions and support
requests to: kmercer@airmail.net
- Two new pushbuttons on the Local and Remote Host windows for a fast
directory change to the parent directory (..) or the initial
directory (/)
- Progress window title changed to indicate the related remote window
- All Remote dialog titles can be customized in Local Settings notebook
Options page to contain hostname, alias, userid or a combination of these
- SITE/QUOTE command window added
- Mouse-clicks supported on unparsed filelist view
- Added bytes/second display to Progress window
- ChDir menuitem added to popup menu on filelist box when unparsed
view is selected
- Position and size of Sendfile, Command, Message, Progress and Logon
windows saved
- Logon section of Local Settings Notebook defines default logon parameters
only
- Hosts section of Local Settings Notebook allows definition of and changes
to Logon parameters for hosts of the user's choice
* double-click a name to see/change the logon parameters, and to
assign an alias to the hostname
* select names and click RMB for a popup menu, or use pushbuttons
to perform operations on the selected items
- Hostname aliases can be used. Logon parameters associated with the
aliases are specified in the Hosts section of Local Settings Notebook
Hostname aliases will appear in all lists of host names
- Quick-connect list of user-selected names added to Connect menu.
Names are added and removed from the list on the Hosts page of the
Local Settings Notebook. Use popup menu or 'Change' pushbutton.
- Options page of Local Settings Notebook contains a 'use email address
for default password' checkbox and radio buttons for changing the Remote
dialog titles
- Separate file transfer confirmation settings for ASCII and Binary
- Pushbuttons added to the File Browser window for quick scrolling through
the selected files, and for deleting files after viewing them
- Passwords stored in the INI file are now masked
- New option on Transfer page of Local Host Settings Notebook to preserve
a remote file's date, and time when possible, on a download
Fixes
- Progress window not destroyed after file transfer completion
- Time estimate improvements with erratic line response
- Some host messages not appearing in Messages window
- Handling PCFTP, NeoLogic and some other interesting FTP servers
- Lost remote host window following file transfer completion
- Loss of registration data across multiple systems and OS/2 reinstalls
(Yes, you won't have to call BMT after re-installing OS/2 anymore)
- Unable to restore Messages window under certain conditions
- Remote window covers up Local window at startup
- Not always filling Logon window fields with saved options
- Not always filling Logon window fields with default options when a
never-before used hostname is specified
- File transfer posted to wrong remote thread with many connections to the
same host
Features List
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Some of the key features of FTP-It! are as follows:
- Multiple windows, one for Local host and one for each remote FTP Site.
- Multi-threaded operation. Each host executes on it's own thread, allowing
interaction with all hosts simultaneously.
- Concurrent file transfers in both directions(Put and Get).
- Remote Host message log
- Hot keys for most functions.
- Settings notebook for each host system.
- Byte count, time estimate and progress bar during file transfer.
- RFC 959, 1123 and 1579 specifications of File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
- Multiple file select for transfer.
- Drag and Drop file transfer, delete and local file print.
- Mixture of binary and ASCII files allowed in transfer.
- Fast Browse of text files received. After receiving an ASCII file such as
00index.txt, a browse window will allow you to view the file online.
- Remote directory cache to improve performance of both the local user and the
FTP Servers by not having to perform directory commands each time a user
changes directories to a directory previously viewed and unchanged by the
user.
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