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- Overview
- This document contains notes about FTP Express. It is the most up-to-date
- information for the application.
-
- What is FTP Express
- FTP Express is an FTP client application that uses the familiar Windows 95 interface
- to make using FTP as easy as using your Explorer. In fact, the only FTP knowledge
- required to use FTP Express is the address or URL of the site you want to connect to.
-
- In addition to its familiar Explorer like interface, FTP Express is especially useful
- over low speed connections. FTP Express saves the site's entire contents to disk - not
- just the address and login. You can reload the site later on and browse offline. No
- more wasted time searching through endless directories every time you need a file.
- Just switch to the directory of interest, and drag and drop the site's files anywhere on
- your system (copy/paste works too!).
-
- We've worked hard to make FTP Express simple to use. We think you'll like it and
- find it a valuable addition to your system.
-
- Reporting Bugs
- If you see features you think would be useful or have a bug to report please contact us
- at the e-mail address below:
-
- techsupport@intellisys-mn.com
-
- Be sure to include the version number and any information that would be helpful in
- addressing the problem. We may contact you via e-mail if we need any more
- information. If you don't want to be contacted, indicate so in the message.
-
- System Requirements
- FTP Express runs on any system that will run Windows95 or Windows NT 4.0.
-
- Distribution
- FTP Express can be freely distributed subject to the terms of the license agreement.
-
- Known Problems
- * Dragging a file and dropping it onto an application does not work. Files can only be
- dropped on the desktop, an Explorer or another site within FTP Express.
- * It appears that you can drag a file from a site and drop in the recycle bin. This doesnÆt
- work.
-
- Versions
- 2.0.009 û May 29, 1998
- * First public release of 2.0.
-
- 2.0.008 (beta) û May 07, 1998
- * You can now specify an initial folder when connecting to a site for the first time.
- * FTP Express was not responding to the stop button when a connection retry value was
- specified.
- * Sometimes the percent complete number on a transfer window should a negative
- value.
- * The animated tray icon was not working when uploading files.
-
- 2.0.007 (beta) û April 23, 1998
- * When closing an open download window made visible from the download queue, the
- download would stop. Now the window simply closes.
- * When FTP Express is transferring files, the tray icon is now animated.
- * Flash has been greatly reduced when autosizing is on.
- * An auto-cascade option has been added.
- * You can now choose the site type from the quick connect dialog.
-
- 2.0.006 (beta) û April 12, 1998
- * Added new site manager dialog to manage the list of previously visited sites.
- * Connection retry now works.
- * Files are removed from the download queue as theyÆre completed.
- * FTP Express would close when a download was completed and the icon was
- displayed in the system tray.
- * The main window is not reshown if hidden when the tray icon menu is displayed.
- * On NT, the file properties dialogs would sometimes not appear.
-
- 2.0.005 (beta) û March 24, 1998
- * Added support for MS-DOS style listings.
- * FTP Express would crash sometimes when trying to transfer zero length files.
- * Fixed problems with download queue not updating status properly when some of the
- files in the queue were previously downloaded. Now all files in queue are attempted
- each time
- * Percent complete is always displayed in title bar of transfer windows. It is also
- displayed before the window title.
- * Cleaned up download queue logic. Added code to let the user view/hide the
- download queue window.
- * File status was not being updated correctly in download queue.
- * In Windows 95, switching to the root of a drive or to my computer in the system
- explorer would not update the list view.
- * Left click on tray icon no longer displays context menu.
-
- 2.0.004 (beta) û March 15, 1998
- * Added new quick connect option. This is faster than using the wizard.
- * The percent complete is now displayed for each file in the download queue.
- * The start and stop buttons for the download queue have been changed to start all and
- stop all.
- * The minimized FTP Express window is now restored when clicking on the tray icon.
- * Completed items are removed from the download queue when it is reloaded.
-
- 2.0.003 (beta)û March 8, 1998
- * FTP Express would hang if you tried to drop more than one folder to a site.
- * The download queue window now starts minimized.
- * Opening the site properties and switching to the login page would erase the username
- and password for non-anonymous sites. This was introduced in 2.0.002.
- * Hitting reset when customizing the toolbar now resets it to the default state when FTP
- Express is first used.
- * The System Explorer now saves its state when its closed. It saves the width of the
- window panes, the expanded/collapsed state of all folders and the column widths
- from the list view pane.
- * Added a option under View Options to display the FTP Express icon in the system
- tray.
-
- 2.0.002 (beta)û February 26, 1998
- * Fixed some problems with autoarrange. This should work much better.
- * Auto arrange is now persistent. You can also turn auto arrange off.
- * Files can be dragged into the download queue.
- * The toolbar can now be customized.
- * The delete key works in the download queue.
- * The site now automatically saves itself when changes are made.
- * Added general tab to options. You can now enter the password to be used by default
- to all anonymous sites.
- * Added new buttons to toolbar for download queue.
-
- 2.0.001 (beta)û February 15, 1998
- * Added ability to have FTP Express prompt for a password each time the user
- connects.
- * FTP Express now supports resume on downloads.
- * The system explorer would crash if you deleted the current folder from the directory
- view.
- * Added ftp command logging window.
- * Added option to convert filenames to upper or lower case upon transfer.
- * Added download queue so file downloads can be scheduled and retried if download
- fails.
- * Added options for overwriting on download when an existing file is found.
- * Added quick connect feature.
- * FTP Express now saves the site information for every site that youÆve ever visited. It
- attempts to complete site addresses when you create a new site.
-
- 1.5.010û December 6, 1997
- * First public release of version 1.5.
-
- 1.0.012a û September 13, 1997
- * In some cases, the site wizard would crash in Windows 95 before displaying itself.
- This was caused by a problem with an early version of comctl32.dll. FTP Express
- was changed to avoid this problem.
- * Users can now specify a port for a site.
- * Deleting the last file in a folder on a site could cause the folder to not refresh itself
- properly when a file was added.
- * If a proxy server was used, FTP Express could not always find downloaded files in
- the internet cache.
- * The file format has changed for site documents. You can read any current sites you
- have, but when you save them to disk they are no longer readable by older versions.
-
- 1.0.012 û June 24, 1997
- * Proxys were not working correctly.
-
- 1.0.011 û June 19, 1997
- * First Release.
-