THIS IS NOT A RELEASE. THIS IS A BETA PREPARING FOR THE NEXT RELEASE OF WS_FTP. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE send me a report of any hosttype that does not report data properly! If you find one of these hosts please do the following: 1. Open a new instance of WS_FTP 2. Connect to the host that doesn't work with the host type set to Auto Detect 3. Press the remote DirInfo button and send the contents of that window to "junodj@csra.net" 4. Press the LogWnd button and send the contents of that window to "junodj@csra.net" Send any other comments or bug reports to "junodj@csra.net" Thank you! John WS_FTP - Version x.xx - 97.04.09 Windows Sockets FTP Client Application by John A. Junod Copyright (C) 1992-1997 by Ipswitch, Inc. All rights reserved. DESCRIPTION: ============ This application is a standard File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client application for Windows Sockets. The user interface for this FTP client is designed with the novice FTP user in mind. Usage should be obvious. For more information on FTP please refer to the many different NETNEWS groups or one of the recent books on the Internet. WS_FTP32 is the 32 bit version of WS_FTP for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Windows 3.x with Win32s. You can not run WS_FTP32 or WS_FTP95 with 16 bit Trumpet stack on Windows 95!!! WS_FTP32 and WS_FTP95 require a 32 bit network stack on a 32 bit operating system! (hint: get the 32 bit version of Trumpet if you want to run Trumpet) There are multiple versions of WS_FTP. These are included in the ZIP file with an INSTALL program. WS_FTP.exe (FTPPRO.exe) is designed to operate in a 16 bit environment but will work in any Windows environment. WS_FTP32.exe (FTP32PRO.exe) is designed to operate in a 32 bit environment as provided in Windows 3.x with Win32s, Windows 95, Windows NT and OS/2. WS_FTP95.exe (FTP95PRO.exe) is designed to operate in 32 bit multi- threaded environment as provided by Windows 95 and Windows NT. Usage under Win32s is not blocked but some features like remote edit may not work properly. For information about the free WS_FTP Limited Edition distribution program please visit www.ipswitch.com or send email to info@ipswitch.com or call (617) 676-5700. For information about distributing WS_FTP Professional please contact Ipswitch at info@ipswitch.com or call (617) 676-5700. For information about WS_FTP Professional, see the WS_FTP Limited Edition About box, or visit www.ipswitch.com. WHATS NEW ========= 97.04.09 - support for WarFTPD - correction for AS/400 - removal option in INSTALL.EXE (removes everything including your ws_ftp.ini file!) 97.04.07 - working on 5.00 this is NOT a release - year 2000 support changes - correction for VMS-UCX - correction for Novell v4 - correction for auto detect of IBM VM VM/ESA VM/CMS - addition of UniTree hosttype - addition of QNX2 hosttype - eliminated the horizontal split cursor - eliminated transfer status dialog interfering with the use of other applications during multi file transfers - added sorting to 16 bit versions (pro) can type in change directory boxes (pro) remember directory between sessions (pro) utilities changes to ws_diag. (pro) development kit support (pro) added append command (APPE) - added wsftp16.dll/wsftp32.dll to free distribution (required) (pro) added ftppro16.dll/ftppro32.dll to PRO distribution (required) (pro) added development kit support - install.ini change for passwords - extension conversion on View, Execute or Edit on NT 3.51/4.0 96.12.03 - 4.12 all versions - added support for OS2200 - added support for PRIMOS - added support for IBM TCP/IP WARP - added support for IBM MVS ftp server year 2000 change - corrected support for IBM AS/400 - corrected support for new versions of QVT/Net 4.0 ??? - corrected support for VMS-UCX - corrected support for Stratos VOS - PROCESSING CHANGE, view and edit honor the extensions setting if AutoMode is enabled. You can force transfer type (as always) by disabling AutoMode. - added support for multiple initialize commands (use a semi-colon ';' to separate each commnd, max len 250) - changed password encoding - re-enabled threading (ws_ftp32.exe and ws_ftp95.exe) - encoding of ACCOUNT in ini files and log files; accounts are processed like passwords - corrected local directory display in batch mode - corrected abort procedure ws_ftp95.exe / ftp95pro.exe - properties style connect dialogs - properties style options dialogs - added sort to options dialogs - added sounds option dialog - dramatically improved sorting using buttons at top of columns; sort by type, name, date, size; sort by extension if CTRL is down on click on name button; sort by type is three state sort, dirs on top, dirs mixed, files on top - CTRL + View, CTRL + Exec, CTRL + Edit prompts for viewer - added time offset adjustment value (in Startup tab) - correction of fill color for icons - reverted to prior processing method of remote file mask - chdir cache fail correction - improved abort procedure - corrected filename highlighting when column is narrow - updated help file - saves location of log window if open when save window positions - Added "Remote Edit uses Shell Execute" option to the General options dialog tab in the 95 versions. If this is checked, remote edit will use the 95 registry to determine what program to use to edit the remote file. If it is off (default) or the 95 registry doesn't contain the extension then processing is same as its always been and it will use associations defined in the associations dialog to edit a file or default to notepad (viewer) if it is not found there. (95) - corrected execute/edit with space in dir name - corrected refresh of local directory 96.08.21 - 4.04 all versions - added HellSoft Novell host type - updated MAC Peter Server host type - updated IBM PC TCP/IP host type - command line changes - splash screen doesn't appear until winsock initialized ws_ftp95.exe / ftp95pro.exe - sort buttons above windows, adjustable columns 96.07.24 - 4.03 (only Pro released) all versions - command line changes 96.06.23 - 4.02 (only Pro released) all verisons - command line changes. - destination can be a directory (must end with a slash) - source can contain wildcards of * or ? in the basename (destination must be specified and must be a directory ending with a slash) - corrected upload transfer file names - transfer changes to alleviate upload problems on some network stacks ws_ftp95.exe - directory info is displayed in dir listings for some types of remote systems and always on local system. - directory entries can be included in sorts 96.05.22 - 4.01 all versions - corrected transfer timeouts - corrected program options radio button grouping - corrected TANDEM file seperator - corrected hidden directory display problem - corrected retry routine pro - modified reget procedure to handle system reboots and reget 96.05.13 - 4.00 (4 window version) all versions (16 and 32, le and pro) - multiple file rename - improved error messages, prompts - command line argument changes!!!! (see end of file) - right mouse popup menu changes (unique menus in listboxes) - added chmod to remote listbox popup menus - added move to listbox popup menus - help file updated ws_ftp pro, ws_ftp32 pro - implemented drag and drop between windows - implemented auto reget of aborted transfers on reconnection - multi-file command line arguments - new pro options dialog (2 window version) ws_ftp95 le and pro - eliminated rmdir buttons, fixed button spacing - internal changes in window handling - corrected keyboard interaction in listboxes - improved external app TO ws_ftp drag and drop processing - correction of remote to localname conversion on prompted transfer - added auto link processing (UNIX hosts only!) - saves sort options - correction of file view applications to use registry - multiple file view capability (mulitple file names) - command line argument changes!!!! (see end of file) - right mouse popup menu changes (unique menus in listboxes) - added edit option to remote listbox popup menu - added chmod to remote listbox popup menus - added move to listbox popup menus - help file updated ws_ftp95 pro - implemented drag and drop between windows + drag move - implemented auto reget of aborted transfers on reconnection - multi-file command line arguments - new pro options dialog - retain file times on remote to local transfers for popular host types - overwrite prompt processing for newer or same files - directory transfer updates (don't xfer same or older files) 96.04.27 ws_ftp and ws_ftp32 - correction of prompt on ChgDir button - correction of initial load of saved filemasks ws_ftp32 - correction of remote to localname conversion on prompted transfer 96.04.22 correction of abort process improvement of IBM VM routines addition of license dialog WSFTP32A - stablized, corrected dir xfers 96.03.23 correction of directory transfer problems addition of one time (each version) popup of license information correction for Directories in IBM_VM with CMS file system 96.02.19 new host type of MAC VersaTerm sort order on ".." 96.02.15 correction for fd_set in winsock.h (crash problem??) correction for dates in piper 95.12.29 (ws_ftp32 only) QUESTION IS: 2 windows or 4 windows? support for QVT/40 addition of -quiet command line arg (non positional) 95.12.20 (ws_ftp32 only) SHOULD I CONTINUE NEW WINDOW STYLE? local window redraw change transfer meter for nt icon background corrected date fix for midnight to 1 am. 95.11.30 (ws_ftp32 only) fixed double click to change directories fixed sort of directory names listbox spacing font correction removal file duplication bug cleanup of local listbox window after resize force lower works on dir names during bulk xfer to remote host New windows Multiple renames, rename dialog filled with old name Directory renames Corrected Change Directory bug 95.11.12 Added session option - extension conversion on transfer (also added the extension conversion dialog) Added session option - force lower case on upload Changed hot key for password in connect dialog from w to d Added Delete-All option Fixed adding .html when .htm (or other similar cases) in the extensions dialog Fixed clipping of ;### in file retrieval for VMS (ws_ftp32) Fixed bug if session name starts with space Fixed bug if filename starts with percent (%) Fixed support for FTP Software server 3.0 95.10.31 Abort changes Misc improvements 95.08.26 Fixed bug that caused empty local directory window 95.08.24 Added Local and Remote File Mask in Advanced Connect Dialog Added Comment in Connect Dialog (use arrow keys to change profiles!) Added TGV Windows MultiNet support 95.08.19 Added support for PCNFS Pro (no autodetect as I need a server to hit) Added WAV file support. Change the WAV files if you don't like them. New sound options added to Session Options Added CTRL + transfer_buttons toggles state of "Prompt for Destination Name" for the current transfer. Added program option to set rate display to Bytes or bits per second 95.07.30 Added support for NetWare 4.1 FTP servers 95.07.08 (16) upload transfer close change (16) disk caching correction 95.07.05 (32) better write caching on receive of file correction for case check on directory caching clear abort flag on new connect (32) directory transfers 16 bit version does NOT transfer directories! BULL correction 95.06.28 Full support for Serv-U host type (spaces, case, format) Full support for WFTPD host type (spaces, case, format) Full support for MS Windows-NT host type (spaces, case, format) Full support for standard UNIX host type (spaces, case, format) Fixed format of local directory Removed recent status line update change Added support for URLs that point to a directory instead of a file (starts ws_ftp in that directory) (32) Fixed save window location restore of internal window sizing (32) Busy check on change dir from dropdown list (32) Fixed drop down directory history on alternate screen 95.06.18 Added Mbps to transfer speeds Fixed bug in > 19MB file transfer percentage Preserve case on 95/NT when local name contains at least one lower case letter (otherwise converts to lower) Support for spaces in names on Microsoft Windows NT remote server (MS style or UNIX style listing) File info displayed in status area if old style windows and show full directory info. Local is on top, remote is on the bottom. (IS THIS USEFUL??) 95.06.11 Removed L8 and added Auto to main screen Slight movement of windows Auto Update on file transfer to remote fixed (32) Drop down directory history changer on main screen COMMAND LINE ARGUMENTS ---------------------- ws_ftp [args] ftp://hostname|profile/pathname/ <- start in this directory ws_ftp [args] ftp://hostname|profile/pathname/filename [local:/pathname[/filename]] ws_ftp [args] hostname|local:/pathname/filename [hostname|local:/pathname/filename] ws_ftp [args] -ask <- prompts for command line [args] = -i Inifile (must come before all other args) -p Profile (must come before all other args except -i) -u Userid -w passWord -c aCcount -ascii -binary -quiet -s hostname|local/pathname/filename (Source) -d hostname|local/pathname/filename (Dest) -m filename_of_file_containing_args (pro only)