Frequently
Asked
Questions (FAQ) / Troubleshooting
Q.
PC-Mac-Net FileShare tries to
access the
internet as soon as it's launched. Why?
A. It's trying to
download the latest news file, to tell you about any available program
upgrades, special offers, etc.
Q.
My modem tries dialing up and connecting every time I launch PC-Mac-Net
FileShare. What can I do to prevent
this?
A. There is a setting on your
computer which specifies whether it should dial up automatically when a
program tries to connect to the Internet. Switch this off. On Windows
XP, uncheck the 'Dial whenever
a network connection is not present' checkbox located on the
'Connections' panel of the 'Internet Properties' control panel. On
MacOS X, uncheck the 'Connect automatically
when needed' checkbox, which is located on the dialog displayed when
you press the 'PPP Options...' button on the 'PPP' panel of the
'Network' control panel.
Q. PC-Mac-Net
FileShare has a problem launching, and I think it's related to the
'Incoming' folder selected (the folder displayed in the local
file list). What can I do to reset the 'Incoming' folder so it works
again?
A. If you hold down the 'Ctrl'
key whilst launching PC-Mac-Net
FileShare, it will reset the 'Incoming' folder selected to show the top
level (ie. the hard drives and CD drives on the computer).
Q.
Can I use the Lite Edition of PC-Mac-Net
FileShare on one computer and the
Standard Edition or Professional Edition on the other?
A. Yes, but downloads on the
Lite
Edition are limited to 10mb in size, and uploads are limited to 2mb.
Q.
PC-Mac-Net
FileShare is using a lot of CPU time, especially on Windows. What can I
do to fix it?
A. You may have a lot of files
in the 'Incoming' folder, and scanning through them to update the local
file list could be causing the problem (anti-virus software on Windows
does additional time-consuming checks when files are accessed).
Q. On Windows, during file
transfers, the status information sometimes locks up for a few seconds.
What is causing this?
A. It is probably your
anti-virus software doing ongoing checks of the data being transferred.
These type of delays are generally more evident with zip, iso and other
archiving file types.
Q. How do I
get PC-Mac-Net
FileShare on all the computers on my LAN?
A. You can transfer the software
via
floppy disk, zip disk, CD-R, CD-RW, etc. If you have Internet
connection
sharing software, you can download the software onto each computer on
your LAN. You can also transfer the full version of PC-Mac-Net
FileShare
across your LAN using the Lite
Edition (which can be freely
downloaded).
Q.
I can't seem to transfer files to my PC which have path lengths longer
than 256 characters (eg. such as iTunes music). What's going wrong?
A. Windows (XP, and other
varieties) have a problem with file paths longer than 256 characters.
You simply cannot create a file path on Windows longer than this, even
from the desktop.
Q. There's some type of problem with
the 'Incoming' folder I have selected, and PC-Mac-Net FileShare can't
display it in the local file list properly. What can I do?
A. Hold down the 'Ctrl' key
when you launch PC-Mac-Net FileShare, and the local file list will
return to root level, thus displaying the hard disks, CD drives, etc.
on your system. You can then navigate freely from there.
Q. I can see
the shared
Macintosh
files on my Windows XP computer, yet I can't see the shared Windows XP
files on my Macintosh. What's going wrong?
A. Windows XP has a built-in
firewall. You need to change the firewall settings to allow TCP/IP to
operate on the ports used by PC-Mac-Net FileShare (ie. the default port
is 3300).
Q. I have a
firewall installed
on
my computer and PC-Mac-Net FileShare doesn't seem to work. What can I
do?
A. You need to change the firewall
settings to allow TCP and UDP to operate on the port used by PC-Mac-Net
FileShare (ie. the default port is 3300).
Q. One MacOS X, sometimes when I
view a folder in the local file list, it seems to lockup with a
spinning wheel. Why?
A. There may be an alias in
the folder pointing to a file on a networked drive which is not
available and/or can't be mounted. This is an operating system issue,
and you should just wait until the Finder times out in its attempt to
mount the network drive. Alternatively, you may need to force quit
PC-Mac-Net FileShare. Try to locate the problem alias and delete it.
Q. I'm using
the Lite Edition
and I can only see two other users on the network. What's going wrong?
A. The Lite Edition only supports 3 users in a workgroup. Please
purchase the Standard Edition or the Professional Edition to build
large
workgroups.
Q. In what
order are Macintosh
file type/creator values assigned from the table?
A. The file type/creator values at
the bottom of the list are assumed to be more current. Thus, if you add
a file type/creator which has the same PC file extension as an existing
one, your new one takes precedence. Of course, you can remove file
type/creator values to ensure the conversion process is done exactly in
the way you specify.
Q. I'm a
Windows user and I
don't
have a Network Neighborhood or My Network Places icon
on
my desktop. How do I get one?
A. You need to refer to the Windows
help system to find out how to install and configure networking and
TCP/IP on your computer.
Q.
I need to change the runtime key - how do I do that?
A. Press the Runtime Key button on the News tab panel and you can enter a
different runtime key.
Q. Where is the 'PC-Mac-Net
FileShare' preferences folder?
A. Hold down Ctrl and Shift
on the keyboard whilst clicking the Preferences
tab on the main window and the preferences folder will be displayed on
your desktop.
Q. I'm running MacOS 8.6 and when
another computer gets a file from me, the computer seems to lock up. Is
there anything I can do?
A. There is a well documented
problem with TCP/IP networking on MacOS 8.6 relating to DHCP. Please
refer to the Apple's Technical Information Library, article 60400 for
details (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60400).
Q. I need CarbonLib 1.6 to run PC-Mac-Net
FileShare on my MacOS Classic 8.6 computer, but where can I find
it?
A. You can download it from http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=120047
Q. When I launch
PC-Mac-Net FileShare, my firewall displays an alert. What's going on?
A. These alerts may be
caused by a number of issues:
Error messages
Remote computer
unreachable The remote computer
is inaccessible, probably because PC-Mac-Net FileShare is not running
on that computer, or there is a TCP/IP configuration problem.
KEY
[New] = New Feature
[Opt] = Optimization
[Bug] = Bug Fix
[Note] = Application note
5.5.2 (19
January 2006)
[Opt] Some text areas were increased in size so that text drawn with a
large default font was displayed correctly. This issue was most evident
on Ubuntu Linux.
[Bug] On MacOS X, if
PC-Mac-Net FileShare was launched and an open Internet connection was
not available, there could be a 30 second delay where PC-Mac-Net
FileShare appeared to lock up.
5.5.1 (17
January 2006)
[Opt] On the
MacOS X version, if v5.4.0 or v5.5.0 of PC-Mac-Net FileShare had
previously launched the VLC media player, an incorrect VLC preference
could adversely affecting VLC launch and/or movie playback. This VLC
preference is now automatically detected and corrected, if necessary.
5.5.0 (16
January 2006)
[New] One
control computer can now control media playback on multiple remote
computers, over LANs or the Internet.
[New] A splash
screen is displayed immediately after launch, to indicate to users that
PC-Mac-Net FileShare is running and to help prevent relaunching
attempts by impatient users (especially on Windows).
[New] When playing music, the track title, artist and album information
is displayed if it is available.
[New] Playlists can now be created instantaneously by right-clicking
one or more selected items in the search results. This allows a movie
to be set to play in two mouse clicks.
[New] A 'Play' contextual menu item was added to the 'Media Files'
listbox.
[New] The items on a playlist can now be played from any item position
(in addition to starting from the top), by double-clicking the item or
by right-clicking it and selecting 'Play'.
[New] Now offers large file support (ie. files > 2GB in size) on
Linux.
[Opt] The IP addresses of remote users who are commonly connected are
now automatically scanned first after launch, yielding faster
connection times.
[Opt] If the media player backdrop was cleared (by pressing Esc key,
etc.), it would not be displayed correctly when media was played again.
[Opt] The 'Stop' button now stops any media currently playing almost
immediately, as well as clearing the media backdrop window.
[Opt] If PC-Mac-Net FileShare is closed down on the control computer
and then restarted, it will automatically detect the play position of
media on the remote computer when it reconnects.
[Note] If a movie encoded in DivX5 format is played, the seek, rewind
and fast forward functions will not work correctly. In addition, the
position of a paused movie will not be saved correctly between launches
of PC-Mac-Net FileShare (the movie will always start playing at the
beginning again). The duration of the movie is also incorrect, and is
assumed to be 3 hours in length. This issue is due to limited DivX5
support in the VLC v0.8.4 media player.
[Note] When
music and sound files
encoded in MP4 format (which use the m4a
file extension) are played, album and
artist information is not displayed on the media backdrop.
[Bug] The volume level may be set to zero when new remote
user
preferences were created, which may have been construed by new users to
be a problem with audio output during media playback. A minimum volume
level of 10% is now set if the volume level is detected to be below 10%
when media playback is started.
[Bug] A NilObjectException may occur just after launch.
[Bug] After playing media, the cursor would remain invisible even after
the backdrop window was closed.
[Bug] Play progress shown on the controlling computer could move out of
sync with the playing computer.
[Bug] The help text for the 'Allow Remote Media Control' checkbox was
not displayed correctly.
[Bug] If items were selected in the search results and subsequently
added to the media files list, the same items sometimes were not
immediately available to add to other media files lists.
[Bug] Pressing the pause button would pause the remote media player,
but this status would sometimes not be shown correctly on the local
computer controlling playback.
[Bug] After all media items on the currently playing playlist have been
played, media playback did not always stop correctly.
[Bug] Items could be removed and added to playlists currently being
played.
[Bug] If there were curved brackets in the file name, then the track
playing would not be displayed correctly in the computer controlling
playback.
[Bug] On the MacOS version, if there were special characters in the
media file's name, such as *?|', the media file was not played if it
was included in a playlist. The most commonly used special character in
music files is the apostrophe, "'".
[Bug] The search results were not cleared when a new user (or 'None')
was selected
from the 'Connect to' popup menu.
[Bug] If a playlist was not played from the top, the next and previous
buttons only allowed movement around the bottom section of the playlist.
[Bug] The currently playing playlist could be reordered, though it did
not affect the actual playback order.
[Bug] Playlist preferences were not always saved correctly, after
changes were made to playlists.
[Bug] On MacOS X 10.2, movies and music would not play correctly.
[Bug] On MacOS X 10.3, music would not play correctly.
5.4.0 (25
December 2005)
[New] A remote
file and folder search function has been added, which allows searching
by any part or parts of a name, as well as by media type.
[New] Remote media player functions have been added, including the
ability to create, modify and remove playlists as well as control media
playback on a remote computer (over wired and wireless LANs and the
Internet).
[Opt] Resource forks are now excluded when calculating file and folder
MD5s, since users don't always transfer resource forks (especially
between MacOS and Windows computers) and mismatching MD5s between
computers could be mistaken for transfer failures.
[Bug] Items
could be dragged from the remote file list onto the local file list,
even though a local directory had not yet been selected.
5.1.2 (24
October 2005)
[Bug] On the
Windows and Linux versions, the chat beep sound would not play.
[Bug] On MacOS X 10.2, a plugin error prevented PC-Mac-Net FileShare
from launching correctly.
5.1.1 (21
October 2005)
[Bug] On the
Windows and Linux versions, if the 'Transfer MacOS Resource Forks'
checkbox was unchecked and a file was uploaded to it with a MacOS
resource fork, as exception alert would be displayed.
5.1.0 (20
October 2005)
[New] Files and
folders can be dragged between the
local file list and remote file list to initiate a transfer.
[New] Contextual menus have been added to the local file list,
providing actions including 'Get Info', 'Get Info (With MD5
Signature)', 'Upload', 'Sync', 'Open With Default Application',
'Delete' and 'Reveal On Desktop'.
[New] Contextual menus have been added to the
remote file list, providing actions including 'Get Info', 'Get Info
(With MD5 Signature)', 'Download' and 'Delete'.
[New] Additional default icons have been added (for display in the
local file list and remote file list) for a range of file types
including: doc/txt, mov/avi/mpg/mpeg/wmv/dv, mp3/m4a/m4b/wma, pdf,
html/htm,
jpeg/jpg/gif/png/bmp, dmg/iso/nrg/toast and zip/sit/rar.
[New] Detailed information (size, creation date, modification date,
type, extension, permissions, location, etc)
can now be obtained about local and remote files, including
the option to calculate and display file MD5s. File MD5s
can be used to
verify that the contents of two files are identical.
[New] Detailed information (size, number of contained files and
folders, creation date, modification date, permissions, location, etc)
can now be obtained about local and remote folders, including
the option to display a cumulative folder MD5 calculated from all files
contained in the folder and its subfolders. Folder MD5s
can be used to
verify that the contents of two folders are identical.
[New] Local file permissions can be changed using the new File
Information
Dialog.
[New] Files shown in the local file list can be easily opened with
their default application.
[New] A 'Clear' button has been added to the 'Network' panel to allow
the connection status
information to be cleared when using the Internet workgroup setup
methods.
[New] The local and remote file lists are now locked during file
transfers.
[New] Folders added to the shared files/folders list which are
read-only (such as folders on CDROMs) are marked with a locked folder
icon and cannot be set as writeable.
[New] Chasing arrows were added to the floating file transfer progress
window.
[New] Holding down the 'Shift' key whilst clicking the 'Download' or
'Upload'
buttons will automatically choose overwrite (normally, an alert will be
displayed if there are existing files and folders at the destination
location).
[New] On the Linux version, files and folders in the local file list
can now be directly renamed.
[Opt] After a transfer is complete, a more detailed status message is
now displayed which indicates whether it was a download, upload or
sync. Sync information also includes the number of files uploaded and
downloaded.
[Opt] The instantaneous transfer speed reading is now omitted if it is
zero.
[Opt] Substantial improvements have been made in Internet file transfer
speed and
robustness, as well as more
dynamic
progress reporting.
[Opt] When
refreshing the local file list, the tally of files added is shown
during the refresh to provide feedback on progress.
[Opt] Help specific to each workgroup setup method is now displayed
when that workgroup setup method is selected in the 'Preferences' panel.
[Opt] Upload speeds have been increased by 2-10 times, and upload
reliability has been improved.
[Opt] Download speeds have been increased by 20-50%.
[Opt] On the Windows version, CPU utilization has been substantially
reduced during uploads.
[Opt] When uploading files from Windows computers, CPU utilization has
been
reduced from high to very low levels.
[Bug] On MacOS 8.6, all file sizes were shown as zero, though it was
possible to upload files to another computer. The fix for this bug
limits file sizes on MacOS 8.6 to 2GB.
[Bug] File and folder names could be edited whilst a file transfer was
in progress.
[Bug] If a transfer restart occurred during an upload, transfer
progress could be incorrectly reported.
[Bug] Double-clicking a file in the local file list or remote file list
did not disable the download, upload and sync buttons correctly.
[Bug] If a file download was resumed with an initial file write
position in the middle of a MacOS resource fork, an exception alert was
displayed.
[Bug] If a file upload was resumed to a Windows computer with an
initial file write
position at the start of a MacOS resource fork, an exception alert was
displayed.
[Bug] Double-clicking a file in the remote file list (to initiate a
download) when the top level of the folder hierarchy was selected in
the local file list resulted in an exception alert.
5.0.0 (5
October 2005)
[New] Files and
folders can
be renamed directly by inline editing in the 'Local File List' and
'Remote File List'.
[New] Files and folders can
be deleted directly from the 'Local File List' and
'Remote File List'.
[New] New folders can be created directly in the 'Local File List' and
'Remote File List'.
[New] A folder path popup menu have been added to the 'Local File List'
and 'Remote File List', making navigation up the folder hierarchy much
easier and providing clearer information to the user about which folder
is currently being displayed.
[New] A bookmark system has been added to the folder path popup menu to
make navigation much faster to favourite folders.
[New] Folder synchronization has been added.
[New] Files and folders can be uploaded.
[New] Any folder included in the 'Files /
Folders To Share' list can be set to accept uploads (ie. make it
writeable).
[New] A complete graphical overhaul of the user interface has been
made, including the addition of new 3D icons.
[New] The main window can now be resized, making it easier to view
files and folders with long names.
[New] Users can now navigate, download and upload files and folders
from anywhere on their computer systems.
[New] The modification dates of all files and folders are now displayed
in the 'Local File List' and
'Remote File List'.
[New] Users can chat with any remote user they can connect to, copy
text (such as URLs, email addresses, etc.) to the remote user, and get
the attention of a remote user with an audible beep.
[New] Error log files now include a datestamp in the name (to allow a
unique error log to be kept for each application launch), and error
logs older than a week are automatically deleted.
[New] Both average and instantaneous transfer speeds are now displayed
during file transfers.
[New] A transfer log is now created for each transfer, which includes a
datestamp, remote computer details, and a list of files transferred.
Transfer logs older than a week are automatically deleted.
[New] Holding down the 'Shift' key whilst pressing the 'Upload' or
'Sync' buttons selects 'Update' mode automatically (ie. the usual
dialog asking the user if they wish to overwrite existing files, if
they exist, is bypassed).
[New] The available free space on the remote computer is now displayed
above the
'Remote File List'.
[New] If there is insufficient space in the selected 'Incoming Folder'
for a download or synchronization, no files are downloaded and a
message is displayed alerting the user.
[New] On the MacOS X and MacOS Classic versions, custom file and folder
icons can be displayed in the 'Local File List' (rather than the
generic icon set available on all platforms).
[Opt] The 'Enable Hints' checkbox has been renamed to 'Show Hints'.
[Opt] Files and folders not accessible at launch time are now not
removed from the 'Files / Folders To Share' list.
[Opt] When volumes (ejectable hard disks, DVDs, etc.) are mounted and
unmounted, the contents of the 'Files / Folders To Share' list is
updated to include any items not previously accessible.
[Opt] Faster transfers of large groups of small files.
[Opt] Improved detection of changes in the folder displayed as the
'Local File List', such as new, removed and renamed files.
[Opt] Improved connection messages when using the 'Internet (Internet
Workgroup)' workgroup setup method, to help diagnose if the user
assigned to be the workgroup hub is behind a firewall.
[Opt] The 'Quick
Start' button was removed and a 'Getting Started' section was added to
the 'Help' menu.
[Opt] Better support for MacOS resource fork files on Windows and Linux
computers.
[Opt] On the Linux version, selection of the 'Display User Manual...'
and 'Getting Started...' help items displays the online version of the
user manual (the Linux version does not support direct opening of
folders on the desktop, nor direct display of local user manual web
pages, even if they are available).
[Opt] Various improvements in file transfer robustness and automatic
failure recovery.
[Bug] Read-only files and folders could not be added to the 'Files /
Folders To Share' list.
[Bug] The main window and floating window positions were not saved
correctly between launches on computers with multiple monitors.
[Bug] Localization labels were not included for the MacOS file types
dialog
4.6.0 (11
June 2005)
[New] Files
with MacOS resource forks can now be optionally transferred to and from
Windows and Linux computers. Each resource fork file name is the same
as its data fork file name, except that a '._' prefix is added. The
'._' prefix is used to ensure compatibility to other cross-platform
file server applications.
[New] On the Windows and MacOS versions, the amount of free disk space
available is displayed above the 'My Local File List' listbox.
[Opt] When copying MacOS single file applications to Windows or Linux
computers, an '.app' file extension is now appended when the default
MacOS file type list is used.
[Opt] Faster and more reliable connections to others users in an
Internet workgroup.
[Opt] UDP on port 3300 is now not required for Internet workgroups.
[Opt] On the Windows version, the file icon highlights more
aesthetically when selected in a listbox.
[Opt] Files with an '.exe' extension are shown with an application icon.
[Opt] On the MacOS versions, single file applications (ie. files with a
file type of 'APPL') are shown with an application icon.
[Opt] 'Connection Status' error messages (displayed when using the
Internet workgroup setup methods) are now displayed as underlined text
to differentiate them from normal status messages.
[Opt] A firewall/NAT test is performed automatically when 'Internet
(Internet Workgroup) is selected as the workgroup setup method. This
ensures that the user is informed immediately if there are any Internet
file sharing problems due to firewalls or NAT devices (such as routers).
4.5.1 (20
May 2005)
[Bug] On MacOS
Classic, a NilObjectException may occur when trying to enter the
runtime key.
4.5.0 (5
May 2005)
[New] Linux
(i86) version released.
[New] Computers on a LAN which were connected in a previous session now
connect immediately.
[New] File permissions are transferred correctly on all supported Unix
platforms (MacOS X and Linux).
[New] The MacOS Classic version can now handle multiple concurrent
remote user downloads.
[New] Bandwidth load balancing has been added, to ensure all remote
users downloading
files share bandwidth equally.
[New] If the scan time of the 'Incoming' folder (used to build 'My
Local File List') is more than 4 seconds, a message is displayed
providing advice on how to eliminate this delay (usually caused by
anti-virus software scanning a number of large files stored in the
'Incoming' folder). This anti-virus scan delay is especially evident on
the Windows version.
[New] Files transferred to MacOS Classic have their icons displayed
correctly in the Finder, if they have custom icons.
[Opt] CPU utilization on all platforms has been reduced to 5% or less
when idle.
[Opt] File transfer speeds for large files have been increased by more
than 100%.
[Opt] Significantly improved transfer speed of large sets of small
files, especially over slow network connections (such as dialup modems).
[Opt] Auto-detection of other computers on LANs is much faster and more
robust.
[Opt] The transfer speed average is now calculated over a 10 second
interval, giving a much more responsive and accurate value. 'Time
Remaining' estimations are also subsequently much better.
[Opt] Help
information is now displayed for the network
diagnostic
button.
[Opt] The 'ErrorLog.txt' file is now located in the preferences folder,
rather than the 'Data' folder.
[Opt] The 'Languages' folder is now stored inside the preferences
folder.
[Opt] Messages displayed on the network diagnostic window have been
enhanced.
[Opt] Buttons have been increased in height to display correctly on
Fedora Linux.
[Opt] The responsiveness of the user interface on the MacOS Classic
version is much better, irrespective of the number of concurrent remote
users downloading.
[Bug]
Application bundles on MacOS X are correctly detected and
transferred, and a new application icon has been added to represent
MacOS X application bundles and packages.
[Bug] On MacOS X 10.3, files whose 'Hide extension' flag was set may
still have their extensions visible in the Finder. This caused errors
when transferring those files to the target computer.
[Bug] Sometimes the
paths of shared files/folders were not correctly determined on the
source computer, and this resulted in problems with file transfers to
the target computer.
[Bug] Files with very long file extensions, such as those used on MacOS
X, would not transfer correctly.
[Bug] Sometimes there were problems with resource fork transfers, when
transferring files between MacOS computers.
[Bug] If a language other than 'English' was selected, the language
setting would revert back to English the next time PC-Mac-Net
FileShare was launched.
4.0.1 (8
November 2004)
[New] Windows 98/NT/ME version released.
[Opt]
'Get' button
color changed to green.
[Bug] When transferring files to Windows, the transfer sometimes would
not fully complete and/or an error alert would be displayed,
"WorkgroupUserTransfer.finishUpTransfer".
3.2.1 (5
April 2004)
[Bug] When
transferring a folder at root level on the remote file list from
Windows to Macintosh, an error message may incorrectly be displayed
saying some files and folders could not found on the remote computer.
[Bug] When transferring files from MacOS X or Windows to MacOS Classic,
if a folder in the source path had a name length greater than 30
characters, the first few characters of the name may be removed on the
destination.
[Bug] On MacOS X, if another application was brought to the front and
then some time later PC-Mac-Net FileShare
was brought to front, some buttons on the
PC-Mac-Net FileShare
'Transfer Files' panel may appear disabled when they weren't.
[Bug] On MacOS Classic, if the incoming folder used a custom folder
icon, the custom icon file would be displayed in the local file list.
3.2.0 (9
March 2004)
[New]
When joining an Internet workgroup, detailed messages are
displayed in a new 'Connection Status' area as well as the 'Status'
area
to make it easier to
see
what is happening. When new users
connect, their computer names are
also displayed.
[New] Now fully
supports
the transfer of files with file names containing characters other than
English (eg. Japanese, European accents, etc).
[Opt] The main
window comes up more quickly after launch.
[Opt] Internet
workgroup names have leading and
trailing spaces removed.
[Opt] Only
English characters are supported in Internet workgroup names.
[Opt] XP button
icons have been increased in size to better fit the
button face.
[Opt] When the
'Internet' workgroup setup method is selected,
PC-Mac-Net FileShare now automatically tries connecting to the selected
workgroup as soon as it is launched.
[Bug] On MacOS
X, if another application's window was
brought forward just before a network timeout occurred, the 'Connect
to' menu would remain disabled.
[Bug] When
transferring files from MacOS, an additional PC file
extension may be added even though the file name already includes a
file extension.
[Bug] When
getting a remote file list containing a large number of
files, the user interface of the computer creating the file list (ie.
the server) could freeze for the period of the file scan.
[Bug] The base
port number textbox is now displayed when the 'Internet'
workgroup setup method is selected, allowing users to change the base
port number when in this mode.
[Bug] On Windows, if
two instances of PC-Mac-Net FileShare were accidently launched, the
second instance would use 100% of the CPU.
[Bug] When
getting a remote file list containing a large number of
files, the client could timeout before the file scan on the server was
completed.
[Bug] If a new 'Incoming' folder was selected, the local file list did
not refresh with the contents of the new folder.
[Bug] During transfer of files larger than 2GB, information about the
amount transferred may not be displayed correctly.
[Bug] On MacOS X, the popup menus were sometimes blank after
launch, even though they had selected menu items.
[Bug] If characters which are illegal for the naming of folders on
Windows (eg. "/") existed in the folder path on MacOS, the names of
files transferred from MacOS to Windows from these folders would have
leading characters removed.
3.1.0
(8 December 2003)
[Opt] The local and remote file lists are now sorted.
[New] Windows XP style icons have been added.
[New] The demo version has been renamed the 'Lite Edition'.
[New] An item in the 'File/Folders To Share' listbox can be deleted by
selecting it and pressing the delete or backspace key.
[New] An item in the local file list can be deleted by selecting it and
pressing the delete or backspace key.
[New] The main window has been increased in size to allow more file
name information to be displayed.
[Opt] Internet workgroup names are now not case sensitive.
[Opt] The Lite Edition now supports multiple file transfers and folder
transfers.
[Opt] The Lite Edition can now transfer files up to 10mb in size.
[Bug] If the shared name of a folder was changed in the 'File/Folders
To Share' listbox, files may not be transferred correctly.
[Bug] Sharing a single individual file did not work.
[Bug] On Windows 95/98/ME, there was a limit of 1 concurrent remote
user downloading files as a time.
[Bug] If the preferences panel was displayed on startup, Internet
workgroups did not get connected correctly.
[Opt] Additional messages showing the status of Internet workgroup
connections have been added.
[Opt] The FS protocol has been changed, so all users in a workgroup
must run this new version of the software. The message, "Remote version
incompatible" will now be displayed if there is a difference in the FS
protocol used. The version number of the software running on the remote
computer will also be displayed with this message.
[Bug] If a colon character was contained in a shared file or folder
name, files would become inaccessible. This problem occurred, for
example, if an entire volume or hard disk was shared on the Windows
platform.
3.0.1 (25 November 2003)
[New] The Windows
95/98/NT/ME version of PC-Mac-Net FileShare is now available.
[Opt] A 'Setup Wizard' has been
added to the demo version, to simplify initial set up of the software.
[Bug] The base port number is not set
correctly to the default value if the preferences file is not found.
[Bug] Sometimes the incoming
folder
could be selected as a shared folder, and vice versa.
3.0.0 (12
November 2003)
[New] Streamlined
Internet file
sharing
has been added.
[New] Remote computer folder navigation controls
[New] Transfer speeds have been increased by 2-6 times
[New] Double-clicking a file in the
local file list opens it with the default application.
[New] Double-clicking a folder in
the local file list opens it on the desktop.
[New] Any file or folder on the
users hard disk can now be selected for sharing.
[New] Unicode file name support has
been added.
[New] Support for long file names has been added.
[New] Folders can now be
transferred.
[New] Transfers of any partially
transferred files or folders can be resumed.
[New] Icons have been added to
easily identify files and folders in the file lists.
[New] Multiple files or folders can
be selected for transfer.
[New] Detection of other computers
running PC-Mac-Net FileShare on the network has been streamlined.
[New] The total time for the
transfer is displayed when the transfer is complete.
[New] Updated files (ie. files with a
newer modification date) can be transferred, overwriting older versions
of those files.
[New] Files and folders to be shared can be dragged and dropped
directly onto the 'Files/Folders To Share' listbox.
[Bug] On the Windows version, 100% of the CPU was utilized in some
cases.
[Bug] When running on MacOS 8.6, sometimes error 1010 was displayed
when PC-Mac-Net FileShare was
launched.
2.2.0
[Opt] On the MacOS X version, the
size of text on the main window has been increased to make it easier to
read.
[Opt] The 'My Local File List' and
'Remote File List' listboxes have been increased in height to make more
files visible at one time
[Opt] If a sharing password is not
entered in the 'Password Required'
dialog or the 'Password Required'
dialog is cancelled, the 'None' selection is now automatically chosen
from the 'Connect to:' popup menu.
[Opt] Connection reliability and
network performance have been improved.
[Opt] Asterixes can now be used in
place of new line control characters (eg. LF, CR and CRLF) when
entering
a runtime key.
[Bug] On Windows, if the user quit
the application whilst it was minimized, the main window would not open
normally when it was relaunched. It is now placed at a default position
in the top left of the screen.
[Bug] Sometimes the demo version
would display the 'Runtime Key Entry' dialog, though the demo does not
actually need a runtime key to be entered by the user.
[Bug] A duplicate runtime key error
was sometimes generated on computers with unusual network
configurations, such as those with multiple Network Interface Cards
(NICs).
[Bug] Cancelling the 'Password
Required' dialog would not cancel it correctly - it would be
redisplayed.
[Bug] When quitting the MacOS X version, a
'quit unexpectedly' error message was displayed.
[Bug] When getting the first file
from a computer running MacOS X, the transfer may stop partway. The
transfer had to be manually continued so it would complete.
2.1.1
[Bug] Transferring a Macintosh file with a
resource fork from MacOS X to MacOS Classic did not transfer the
resource fork correctly.
[Opt] Scans for other users on the network
has been improved.
[Bug] The 'Use Internet Server' popup menu
item (a workgroup setup method to be included in a future release) has
been removed from the 'Workgroup Setup Method' popup menu.
2.1.0
[New] Files larger than 2GB can now be
transferred on operating systems which offer 'Large file support' (ie.
all platforms except Windows 95/98 and older versions of MacOS
Classic).
[New] A 'Ping' button has been added. This
button allows users to test the network connection to a remote
computer,
making it easier to set up PC-Mac-Net FileShare and diagnose network
problems.
[New] Encryption strength has been
increased from 448-bits to 896-bits.
[New] Double-clicking a file in 'My Local
File List' opens the file using the appropriate application.
[New] The dynamic help system displays
text of active controls in black and inactive controls in red.
[New] The serial number of the registered
user is now displayed in the 'News' panel (along with the user's name)
to make it easy to determine which computers have duplicate runtime
keys.
[Opt] The dynamic help system only
displays text when PC-Mac-Net FileShare is the front application.
[Opt] If a duplicate runtime key is found
on the network, an alert is displayed with more detailed information.
2.0.0 (initial release)
1.5.0
[New] When transferring a file from
Macintosh to PC, the PC file extension is now added automatically to
the
file name. The PC file extension comes from the type/creator table on
the Macintosh, so new PC filename extensions should be added on the
Macintosh.
[New] When the number of files in the
'Shared' folder changes, the 'My local file list' listbox is
automatically refreshed. For example, when files are dropped into the
folder, removed from the folder, or transferred from another computer
using PC-Mac-Net FileShare, the listbox will be automatically
refreshed.
[New] If the file name of any file in the
'Shared' folder is too long, it is automatically shortened to 30
characters to make file name length compatible to all supported
platforms.
[New] If the file name of any file in the
'Shared' folder contains exotic characters (eg. "/", ":", "?", "!",
etc), they are automatically removed to make the file name compatible
to all supported platforms.
[New] Files can be dragged from the
desktop and dropped into the 'My local file list' listbox - this moves
the file into the 'Shared' folder. The dropped file can be copied
(instead of moved) by holding down the 'Control' key on Windows, or the
'Option' key on the Macintosh.
[New] On the Macintosh versions, files can
be dragged out of the 'My local file list' listbox and dropped onto the
desktop. The dropped file can be copied (instead of moved) by holding
down the Option' key.
[Opt] The 'Shared' folder was moved to the
desktop to make it more accessible.
[Opt] Additional Macintosh file
types/creators have been added for BBEdit and MS Word files.
[Opt] The file size limit of the demo
version of PC-Mac-Net FileShare has been increased to 2mb. This allows
you to use the demo version to transfer the full version to all
computers on your LAN.
[Opt] File names can now be up to 30
characters in length (plus a 3 character extension on the Windows
version).
[Opt] The version number has been added to
'About PC-Mac-Net FileShare' dialog title.
[Opt] The instructions on the Preferences
dialog about the 'Base port number' (previously called the 'Master port
number') have been updated.
[Bug] Macintosh files with a zero data
fork size and non-zero resource fork size may not transfer correctly to
other Macintoshes. If this error occurred, the resulting transferred
file would have zero length.
[Bug] Changing the 'My computer' value
only took effect after PC-Mac-Net FileShare was closed and relaunched.
1.0.0 (initial
release)