Cream of the Crop 20/Cream of the Crop 20 (Terry Blount) (1996).iso/comm/sftp127.zip/HELP.TXT

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Welcome to S-FTP version 1.27 (or simple FTP)!
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The author of this software is Keith Cotroneo. I call S-FTP Week-End-Ware
....because I really only have time to work on it during the week ends.
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I am a Dean at a college in Oregon. Computers are a hobby of mine and lately
I have spent some time on the Internet. The FTP utilities that I have tried
have not suited my needs very well and Web browser don't work well for batch
downloads. So I wrote this program for my own use.
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What I wanted was something that would allow me to:
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        *logon the popular ftp sites without hassle
        *read .txt information about files in the directories easily
        *perform batch downloads
        *do an occasional upload
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S-FTP does those things for me.
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If it works for you, you are welcome to use it with the following provisions:
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        1) There is absolutely no warranty with this software. You use it
        completely at your own risk. This means that you agree that if you
        use the software and it somehow screws up your system or you lose files,
        that is your problem, not mine.
        2) You understand that this software was developed using the RXFTP
        package and agree to the additional license arrangements listed in the
        license.txt file. You also agree to follow the licensing for Go listed
        in the go_15.zip. Also, thanks to Jeff Glatt for Filerexx!
        3) You MUST register after 15 days of use of this product. To do so,
        send me email or snail mail telling me your name, address, email
        address, and then please provide comments on how I should improve the
        product. I *do* use suggestions to make changes. I can be reached below:
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                        [e-mail]
                              or
                        Keith Cotroneo
                        661 SW 5th St.
                        Ontario, OR 97914
        4) If you distribute the package to others, you must give them the whole
        Zip file.
        5) You may not sell this software product to anyone.
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Changes in S-FTP since version 1.00:
        1) Text files in the Directory List are now loaded to the viewer by
        single clicking on the file to highlight it and then clicking the view
        push button.
        2) The Download List may now be populated from a viewed text file. This
        works for files such as the Hobbes 00index.txt files. For this function
        to work, the filename must be in the first position in the line of the
        text file.
        3) While files are downloading, you can now continue to populate the
        download list box. You can download files while you are viewing the
        directory list or 00index.txt files in the viewer and continue to
        transfer file names to the Download List. Files will be downloaded in
        the order of transfer to the download list.
        4) Lengthy processes, such as logon and downloading are now placed
        in separate threads. This makes the application much more responsive
        and doesn't lock the application while processes are completed.
        5) Added download path setting and config menu option.
        6) Added Delete Host and Add Host buttons to allow configuring the
        host list.
        7) Added several progress indicators to tell the user what is happening.
        8) S-FTP will now download files from outside the current remote
        directory. You can build the download list from various directories
        or 00index.txt files. The download list will remember paths to those
        files and retrieve them when you download.
        9) Added capability to configure host user name, password, default
        directory.
        10) Improved the logon process. It is more streamlined and provides
        better progress reporting.
v1.05
        11) Added upload capability.
v1.06
        12) Added capability to resize the main SFTP window.
        13) Added audible beep to signify completion of download list.
        14) Added date/time sort button for directory list.
        15) Added auto date/time sorting check box for auto sorting
        whenever the directory list is updated.
        16) Added double click .txt files to viewer check box option.
        17) Changed the directory list default font to system monospace.
        *NOTE: all of the 1.06 changes were made at the request of users.
               I have more and I am working on them.
v1.07
        18) Fixed the date sorting routine. It didn't work right. Now if
        the Date Sort box is checked, the directory list will be downloaded
        in descending date order.
v1.08
        19) Added back up directory button <<.
        20) Increased directory text box character capacity.
v1.09   21) Added capability to save window size and position.
v1.09a  22) Fixed a compatibility problem with earlier versions and the
        path.txt file. Users of previous versions can now keep their old
        path.txt file, whereas v1.09 required replacing it.
v1.10   23) Fixed a problem with the progress indicator not functioning on
        FAT partitions. Thank you to Jeff Glatt for his wonderful FILEREXX
        utilities. The FILEREXX.DLL is now required for SFTP.
v1.20   24) Improved download progress indicator to provide percent
        statistic.
        25) Added download progress indicator for the viewer.
        26) Added aliases, now you can have multiple aliases with different
        download directories, user and password for each  host.
        27) Changed behavior in the host listbox so that a double click
        on the host alias automatically logs on the the remote host.
        28) Added quick list type function to quickly add the current host
        and directory to the alias list. Clicking on a Add Host now
        automatically sets up the current directory with an alias in the
        add host option window.
        29) Added direct host logging. Typing a host with a directory, ie.
        hobbes.nmsu.edu/incoming in the host edit box and then clicking on
        logon will automatically logon to the host without having to set
        up a specific host alias.
        30) Changed the directory listbox behavior so that you can press
        enter or  double click to select an entry.
        31) Added the capability to press the escape key in the viewer to
        close the viewer window.
        32) Fixed the download routine so that it adjusts filenames to
        conform to the 8.3 requirement when downloading to a FAT drive.
        33) Made adjustments to the multi-threading components to
        improve responsiveness.
v1.21   34) Changed the behavior of sftp so that it no longer pops to the
        foreground after download completion.
        35) Added automatic logging. Now all downloads are logged to a file
        called sftplog that is located in the sftp directory. This log is
        useful if you want to check to see from which host and directory
        you received a particular file. You can also logon to a host from the
        log file by selecting log and view log from the menu and then double
        clicking on an entry in the viewer.
        36) Added Host Edit button.
        37) Changed alias list action so that a single click on the host list
        will display the host name and logon directory.
        38) Changed the host add/edit window so that a single click instead
        of a double click in the alias list will display its settings.
v1.22   39) Added support for the lr style directory entries.
        40) Fixed problem with the alias/host editor.
        41) Added abort function (it is slow, but works for long downloads).
        42) Cleaned up a few problems with the text messages on the interface.
        43) Fixed a problem with the logoff/logon routines.
v1.23   44) Fixed another problem with the edit/add function.
        45) Fixed an unbalanced do/end coding problem
        46) Added multiple view capability. By holding ctrl and c