PageSpinner has support for uploading the current document to an FTP server by using any scriptable file transfer program. Use the menu command File:Preferences:FTP Server to specify the URL and password for your Web directory.
PageSpinner includes a compiled AppleScript, Save To FTP Server, that tells the application Fetch 3.0.1 (or later) to upload your files.
Select Save to FTP Server… in PageSpinner's File menu to save the current file on the ftp server you have specified. The transfer are done in the background so you can continue to work in PageSpinner with other files. After the file has been successfully transferred you will hear a Beep - if there are problems the script or Fetch will most likely notify you by displaying an alert message.
The source to the script is in the file Save To FTP Server.txt if you want to modify it or use another file transfer application. If you compile a modified version of the script you need to change the creator code for the droplet to 'Ps12' and the type to 'APPL', to get it to work with PageSpinner. The script should be placed in the folder named FTP inside the PageSpinner's Settings folder.
IMPORTANT: You should only have one application with the creator code 'Ps12', otherwise PageSpinner may launch the incorrect version.
The text file FTP Server Settings contains the URL that specifies the current file server, directory, user id, password etc. During a session your password are stored in a readable format in this file, but the contents in the file are removed when you quit PageSpinner .
About Fetch...
Fetch is a Macintosh program for transferring files. It uses the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) and therefore allows a networked Macintosh to transfer files with any connected machine that supports FTP. Fetch requires a Mac Plus, System 4.1, and either MacTCP, OpenTransport, or (at Dartmouth) KSP.
If you have questions or comments about Fetch please send them to Fetch@Dartmouth.edu. The Fetch web page is at <http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/softdev/fetch.html> (command-click on the URL if you have Internet Config installed).
