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- AbsoluteFTP(TM)
-
- version 1.0 (official release) -- March 3, 1998
-
- Copyright (C) 1996-1998 by Van Dyke Technologies, Inc.
- All rights reserved.
-
-
- Description
- -----------
-
- AbsoluteFTP is a 32-bit Windows (TM) Sockets application that
- implements the client side of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- as specified in RFC 959. If you have any questions, please
- visit our web site:
-
- http://www.vandyke.com
-
- or, send e-mail to AbsoluteFTP-questions@vandyke.com .
-
-
- Reporting Bugs
- --------------
-
- If you experience an uncaught exception, General Protection
- Fault (GPF), or something you believe is a bug, please send
- e-mail to AbsoluteFTP-bugs@vandyke.com .
-
- Please do not assume someone else will report it. We will
- try to resolve reported bugs as quickly as possible. However,
- we can't resolve bugs that are not reported.
-
- Please describe the problem in as much detail as possible. In your
- e-mail message, please include the following information:
-
- the version of AbsoluteFTP (as shown in the About dialog box)
- the TCP/IP package and version
- the operating system and version
-
-
- Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.0 (official release)
- ---------------------------------------------
-
- New features:
- - added support for IBM OS/2 FTP server
-
- Changes:
- - improved WFTPD server support
-
- Bug fixes:
- - fixed GPF bug that occurred occasionally when resuming an
- interrupted file transfer
- - fixed list view updating when global file types were changed
-
-
- Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.0 (beta 11)
- ------------------------------------
-
- Changes:
- - changed title bar text for local window to specify 'Local'
- - changed title bar text for remote window to display the
- session name (instead of host name/IP address)
-
- Bug fixes:
- - fixed bug that caused directory parsing problems after
- multiple, simultaneous transfers
- - fixed failure to automatically establish a passive data
- connection for servers that do not implement the PASV command
- - fixed bug that enabled 'Open' when multiple items were selected
- - fixed bug that interrupted drag & drop operations when the file
- type query dialog was displayed
- - fixed bug that caused incorrect main window size to be saved
- when application was terminated from the license window
-
-
- Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.0 (beta 10)
- ------------------------------------
-
- New features:
- - added in-place renaming capability
- - added F2 accelerator for rename
- - added SHIFT+Delete accelerator to bypass the recycle bin
- - added TAB handling to switch focus between tree and list view
- - added support for non-PASV data connections through SOCKS
- firewalls
- - added ability to automatically establish a non-passive data
- connection after a failed PASV command, and vice versa
- - added support for WFTPD FTP servers
-
- Changes:
- - improved error reporting for SOCKS connections
- - changed drag & drop behavior to only highlight drop targets
- representing file system folder objects
- - changed file transfer error windows to show error message
- reported from the FTP server
- - improved overwrite confirmation compatibility for HellSoft
- FTP server
- - number of application instances restricted to one
-
- Bug fixes:
- - fixed bug that caused empty session window after connecting
- and choosing to resume a broken transfer
- - fixed bug that caused incomplete loading of "Open With"
- dialog
- - fixed GPF bug that occurred intermittently when deleting files
- on some VMS servers
- - fixed automatic local window update to include root folders
- on network shares and local drives
- - opening shortcuts to folders is supported
- - fixed bug that caused some file operations initiated during a
- transfer to fail
- - fixed bug that caused cursor to disappear intermittently
- - fixed bug that blocked user input after choosing to "Cancel"
- a transfer operation
- - fixed GPF bug that occurred when pasting files that were copied
- from closed remote sessions
- - fixed GPF bug that occurred when closing the session window
- during continuous login retry
-
-
- Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.0 (beta 9)
- -----------------------------------
-
- New features:
- - added "Open With..." dialog
- - added "Copy Session" feature to Connect dialog
- - added "New session uses wizard" global option
- - added "Log messages during transfer" global option
- - added "Move deleted local files to the Recycle Bin" global option
- - added accelerator keys for the "Change Directory" and
- "Quote Command" commands
- - added transfer type option to "Save As" dialog.
- - added local directory edit field to session Site tab to replace
- "Restore last local directory" flag on global General tab
-
- Changes:
- - changed the cache directory browse dialog on the Global
- Configuration Advanced tab
- - changed display for shortcuts to include the shortcut overlay
- icon and to unconditionally remove the .lnk filename extension
- - changed display of shared folder items to include the shared
- overlay icon
- - improved behavior of list view to reduce flashing and keep its
- scroll position on refresh
- - improved speed of application startup
- - enhanced error reporting to be more verbose in most cases
- - global and session configuration dialogs remember/restore last tab
- - drag and drop of a single file on a file will not overwrite
- target file
-
- Bug fixes:
- - fixed GPF bug that occurred when changing root folders on an FTP
- site
- - fixed bug that caused incorrect list view sorting first time
- AbsoluteFTP is used
- - fixed bug in File Types tab that allowed types to be listed in
- non-sorted order
- - fixed bug that allowed file operations to be performed while
- attempting to abort another file operation
- - fixed bug that caused 100% CPU usage when local window had
- non-file system folders (e.g. My Computer ) selected
- - fixed incompatibility with NT 4.0 FTP servers that used UNIX
- style paths with MSDOS-style listings
- - fixed bug that left remote session view in an incorrect
- directory after performing a recursive copy
- - fixed bug that caused a local file to be created and not closed
- when Cancel was chosen from the "Choose File Type" dialog
- - fixed bug that caused local view to hang when its current
- directory was removed by another application
- - fixed bug that caused list view icons to not update after
- changing default icons in the File Types tab
- - fixed bug that failed to save restart parameters when connection
- was lost during some transfers
- - fixed bug that caused default icon not to appear under Windows
- 95 for some file types (i.e. icons, cursors, etc.)
- - improved automatic detection for Windows NT 3.51 FTP servers
- - fixed bug that caused list view column widths to be saved as
- zero when last view mode was not Details or List
- - improved visual feedback during drag & drop
-
-
- Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.0 (beta 8)
- -----------------------------------
-
- New features:
- - added automatic local window update
- - added ability to restore the last directory as well as the
- last local directory for each session
- - added optional "Attributes" column in Details view
- - added initial support for MSDOS FTP servers
- - added session configuration option to override automatic
- detection of operating system
-
- Bug fixes:
- - fixed bug that caused local directory creation to fail
- - fixed bug that allowed document to close with transfer in
- progress
-
-
- Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.0 (beta 7)
- -----------------------------------
-
- New features:
- - added support for VMS FTP servers
- - added support for NetPresenz/MACOS FTP servers
-
- Changes:
- - added transfer log output to the session window log
- - improved efficiency of local window directory listings
- - improved display behavior of default icons for File Types that
- have an empty icon path or icon path of '%1'
- - changed behavior of local delete file operation to move
- deleted files to the Recycle Bin
-
- Bug fixes:
- - fixed GPF bug caused by closing a remote session during the
- busy site retry delay
- - fixed bug that caused current file count to display incorrectly
- during resumed transfers
-
-
- Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.0 (beta 6)
- -----------------------------------
-
- New features:
- - added manual/configurable retry mechanism
-
- Changes:
- - changed updating mechanism to update only items affected by
- actual changes made in Global Configuration
- - improved efficiency of code for listing/sorting local
- directories
-
- Bug fixes:
- - fixed GPF bug that occurred when changing Global Configuration
- during transfers
- - fixed GPF bug that occurred when deleting a directory on a
- remote site in the tree view.
- - fixed bug that caused painting artifacts during column
- resizing and kept double-click column resizing from working in
- the list view under Windows 95
-
-
- Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.0 (beta 5)
- -----------------------------------
-
- New features:
- - added 'Close window on disconnect' option
- - added 'Prompt to disconnect on close' option
- - corrected tree view expansion button behavior to follow
- Windows Explorer's model
- - added 'Display the full path in title bar' option
- - added 'Do not show hidden or system files' option
- - added 'Display filenames using Explorer attributes'
- - added 'Reset All' button to File Types tab to reload file type
- definitions from the Registry
- - added functionality to restore the last local directory on
- startup
-
- Changes:
- - improved sorting on Type to perform secondary sort by file
- extension
- - improved file type manager to initially import ALL file types
- from the Registry
- - improved extension editing in the 'Edit File Type' dialog
- - Changed SOCKS 4 firewall type to attempt to resolve host names
- using a local DNS server instead of using SOCKS 4a extension
-
- Bug fixes:
- - fixed bug that caused change directory to fail when user
- was not logged in
- - fixed text colors in Quick Connect dialog to use system colors
- - fixed bug that caused failure to prompt for Account when
- changing directories
- - fixed bug that caused change directory operations to fail
- whenever PWD command failed
- - fixed bug that left session in a hung state when an invalid,
- initial directory was specified
- - fixed bug that caused file times on downloaded files to be set
- incorrectly
- - fixed bug that caused incorrect directory contents to be listed
- after disconnecting and then executing a refresh operation
- - changed 'Hide Dot Files' option to not interrupt active directory
- listings, which caused GPF
- - fixed bug that failed to read filenames with embedded 8-bit
- characters from FTP servers
-
-
- Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.0 (beta 4)
- -----------------------------------
-
- New features:
- - added context menu to log window (clear and copy)
- - added directory listing output to log window
- - added firewall support:
- - SOCKS version 4
- - SOCKS version 5
- - OPEN host
- - USER user@host:port
- - USER user@host port
- - USER user@host port (with login)
- - added reconnect and disconnect toolbar buttons
- - added support for MudOS FTP servers
-
- Changes:
- - changed local view to display filename case as stored on
- disk (instead of using sentence-style capitalization)
- - changed appearance of Quick Connect and Connect toolbar buttons
-
- Bug fixes:
- - fixed bug that prevented transferring of files to local root
- directories
- - fixed bug that caused make directory command to fail on
- initial attempt
- - changed directory listing processing to handle single newline
- character as end-of-line marker
- - disabled sending of blank username and password
- - fixed GPF bug caused by dropping a file on the tree view
- scroll bar
-
-
- Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.0 (beta 3)
- -----------------------------------
-
- New features:
- - added ability to change remote file permissions on UNIX hosts
- - added ability to specify FTP connection port
- - added uppercase/lowercase filename conversion on upload
- - added Quote Command feature for sending arbitrary commands
- - added Ctrl+A accelerator for Edit/Select All
- - added View/Hide Dot Files menu item
-
- Changes:
- - changed overwrite prompt during transfer to allow specifying
- "Yes to All" and "No to All"
- - remote file properties dialog now displays owner and group
-
- Bug fixes:
- - fixed incompatibility with Microsoft FTP servers that caused
- failure when the directory name contained a space
- - fixed color display in log window to use system settings
- - improved check for remote file existence
- - fixed bug concerning long session names in Recent Session list
- - corrected behavior of local window to show hidden/system files
-
-
- Changes in AbsoluteFTP 1.0 (beta 2)
- -----------------------------------
-
- New features:
- - added support for resuming interrupted file transfers
- - added "Window/Tile Vertically"
- - download directory is persistent between sessions
-
- Changes:
- - rename dialog now fills in 'To:' field with 'From:' filename
-
- Bug fixes:
- - eliminated occasional "Application Error" when canceling
- transfer
- - improved parsing between UNIX group name and large file size
-
-
- AbsoluteFTP Features
- --------------------
-
- - Familiar Windows Explorer user interface for the local
- and remote site
- - Upload and download multiple files from multiple sites
- concurrently
- - Resume interrupted file transfers
- - Firewall support
- - Hierarchical session database for managing personal sites
- - Named sessions allow saving of individual preferences
- for each site
- - Automated download action by file type
- - Drag and drop (and copy and paste) file transfers
- - Network Neighborhood support
- - Ability to change file attributes
- - Easy setup/install
- - Automatic resolution of symbolic links (option)
- - Auto hide of dot files (option)
- - Quote command
- - Uppercase/lowercase filename conversion on upload
- - Quick connect dialog for easy connections
- - Common features accessible via the right mouse button menu
- - Easy access to AbsoluteFTP features through graphical toolbar
- - Caching of remote host directory listings
-
-
- Known Problems
- --------------
- - Novell network drives in the local window do not refresh
- automatically
- - Uploading files from Novell network drives sometimes fails
- - Incompatible with FTP servers using pSOSystem, VM and MVS
- file systems
-
-
- Feature Requests
- ----------------
-
- Please let us know what features you would like to see in the
- next release version of AbsoluteFTP so that we can prioritize
- them based on your input. You may e-mail feature requests to
- us at the following address:
-
- AbsoluteFTP-features@vandyke.com .
-
-
- Registration
- ------------
-
- For information on registration, see Registration under the
- Help menu, in AbsoluteFTP.HLP, or http://www.vandyke.com .
-
-
- All other inquiries should be directed to:
-
- Van Dyke Technologies
- P.O. Box 37457
- Albuquerque, NM 87176
- USA
-
- e-mail: AbsoluteFTP-support@vandyke.com
-