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- WS_FTP Pro for Windows 95/NT (X86 Version)
- Version 5.0 Release Notes
-
- Ipswitch, Inc.
- http://www.ipswitch.com
-
- In This File
- ============
- - Description
- - New in Version 5.0
- - Installation
- - Removing WS_FTP Pro
- - Removing WS_FTP Explorer Icon from Desktop
- - WS_FTP Pro Development Kit
- - Year 2000 Compliance
- - For More Information
- - Known Problems (Explorer Interface)
- - Changes Since Last Version (Classic Interface)
- - Command Line Arguments
- - Documentation Notes
- - Changing your MTU Setting
-
- Description
- ===========
- WS_FTP Professional is a Windows based file transfer client applic-
- ation that is used to transfer files between a userÆs local PC and
- another, remote computer system connected via a modem and telephone
- lines or by a local-area network. With WS_FTP Pro, users can connect
- to any remote system that has a valid Internet address and an FTP
- server program, browse through directories and files, and transfer
- files between the two systems. In addition, users can create, change,
- and remove directories and view, execute, rename, or delete files.
-
- WS_FTP Pro complies with the Windows sockets (Winsock)standard,
- allowing you to transfer files between a wide variety of systems,
- including Windows, OS/2, and UNIX systems.
-
- WS_FTP Pro is available in the following configurations:
-
- o WS_FTP Pro Explorer - 32 bit Windows Explorer namespace
- extension for Windows 95/98 & NT 4.0
- o WS_FTP Pro (32) - 32-bit, 2-window version for
- Windows 95/98 and Windows NT
- o WS_FTP Pro (16) - 16-bit, 4-window version for Win 3.x
-
- New in Version 5.0
- ==================
- - Windows Explorer Interface
- - Support for new firewall types
- - Support for new host types.
- - Stability changes
- - Numerous minor corrections detailed below
-
- Installation
- ============
- Unzip the download file into a temporary directory and execute
- INSTALL.
-
- NOTE: If you are upgrading from a previous version of WS_FTP, the
- installation program asks if you want to retain the existing
- ws_ftp.ini file. This file contains your saved session profiles,
- so you will likely want to retain it.
-
- Removing WS_FTP Pro
- ===================
- To properly remove WS_FTP Pro from your system, use the "Un-install"
- icon provided in the WS_FTP folder or run "remove.exe" in the WS_FTP
- installed directory.
-
- Removing WS_FTP Explorer Icon from desktop
- ==========================================
- To just delete the icon from the desktop, run regedit and locate
- the registry key: (If you are not confident in working with your
- Windows registry, PLEASE don't do this! Making a mistake while
- editing your registry may render your computer unusable! We advice
- that you make a backup copy of your registry before making changes
- to it.)
-
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- SOFTWARE
- Microsoft
- Windows
- CurrentVersion
- Explorer
- Desktop
- Namespace
- {49707377-6974-6368-2E4A-756E6F644A01}
-
- Select the key (the name that appears above) and press Delete.
- Close regedit, click on desktop and press F5.
-
- WS_FTP Pro Development Kit
- ==========================
- The WS_FTP Pro Development Kit helps you create custom file transfer
- applications using your choice languages including C++, C, and
- Visual Basic. The Development Kit provides the basic functionality to
- develop custom applications that use the File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
- and frees the developer from having to deal with the intricacies of
- network programming.
-
- Programs created with the Development Kit can automatically transfer
- files to or from remote systems or between remote systems using
- WS_FTP Pro 4.5 (or later).
-
- Developers can create stand-alone FTP applications or add network
- file transfer functionality to existing applications. For example,
- you can use the Development Kit to create an application that
- automates your regular downloads or uploads from an authoring system
- or a database system.
-
- Users can have specialized interfaces to FTP services which make the
- services simpler to understand and use.
-
- The WS_FTP Pro Development Kit provides the following features:
-
- - Supports passive and normal file transfers
- - WS_FTP host type auto detection
- - Asynchronous and threaded versions of standard routines
- - Ability to use any FTP command
- - Programmer's guide with sample code
-
- Some suggested applications:
-
- - Posting frequent updates to Internet or intranet servers
- - Automatic download of documents or programs
- - Regular updates of distributed databases
- - Automated mirroring of multiple servers
-
- Year 2000 Compliance
- ====================
- WS_FTP Pro is Year 2000 compliant -- meaning that neither performance
- nor functionality are affected by dates prior to, during, and after
- the year 2000. For more detailed information see the following pages
- on our web site: www.ipswitch.com/support/year2000.html
-
- For More Information
- ====================
- For information on using WS_FTP to transfer files between systems,
- refer to the following:
-
- - Download the WS_FTP Pro User's Guide (.pdf file) from the Ipswitch
- Web site: http://www.ipswitch.com/downloads/manuals.html
-
- Note: You will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the .pdf file.
- You can also download the Acrobat Reader from the same
- location on our Web site.
-
- - WS_FTP help system -- provides how to, reference, and
- context-sensitive help information.
-
- - The WS_FTP page on the Ipswitch Web site at:
- http://www.ipswitch.com/Products/ws_ftp/
-
-
- Known Problems (Explorer Interface)
- ==============
- 80209-1 Paste menu option may not be available when using
- Edit->Copy and Edit->Paste on early versions of Windows 95.
- To work around this problem: open a local folder, select a
- file and press CTRL-C, then select a remote file. This only
- needs to be done once after starting windows.
-
- 80209-139 If IE 4.x is installed with the active desktop,
- opening windows does not honor the "open in new window"
- Explorer->View option and will always open in the same window.
- Hold the SHIFT key down and open the folder.
-
- 80209-4 On permission errors, you get an error screen that has
- a Continue and Cancel button, both buttons do the same thing.
- Explanation: Only happens if there are no more actions,
- otherwise Continue behaves differently than Cancel.
-
- 80217-5 Occasionally, a file listing may duplicate or a change
- that you made may not seem to have taken affect. If this
- occurs, select a file or folder in the display and press F5
-
- 80301-198 If a site is selected in the tree and you disconnect
- from it, double clicking on the site does not re-establish
- a connection. Solution: Press F5.
-
- Changes Since Last Version (Classic Interface)
- ==========================
- The following changes have been made in the "Classic Interface"
- since Version 4.5 was released on 5/17/97.
-
- Corrected chmod processing
- Corrected transfer speed display on regets
- Corrected transfer complete sound on regets
- Corrected development kit routines for host to host transfers
- Corrected transfer of directories containing links
- Added Passport 160 router support.
- Fixed TANDEM auto-detect.
- Improved Tandem support (get file date, time & size)
- Fixed CYBER auto-detect.
- Improved Cyber support (get catalog information)
- Improved NetWare v4.11 support.
- Improved Stratus VOS auto-detect support (m28).
- Improved Stratus VOS support.
- Improved IBM MVS support (PDS).
- Receive unique was appending after extension instead of before.
- Wasn't remembering new host types.
- Wasn't remembering state of Retain Directories flag.
- Fixed column resize problem with left-handed mouse.
- Added column drag abort (hit the opposite mouse button).
- Now allows associations with extensions longer than 3 characters.
- Now handles long file names (up to 260 characters) on more
- host types.
- Mac character mapping added.
- Corrected exit routines when Exit is pressed during a
- connect to non-existant site.
- Modified connect routines (for test) to correct possible
- connection problem to wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-11].
- Corrected Spartacus KNET host type.
- Minor modifications of install program.
- (Pro) Minor modifications of developement kit support.
- (Pro) Added firewall support to development kit.
- (Pro) Corrected development kit problems with message boxes.
- (Pro) Corrected remember directory flag.
- (Pro) Corrected remember directory sequence.
- Eliminated extraneous cursors.
- Corrected removal process.
-
- Command Line Arguments
- ======================
- (NOTE: You must replace the "ws_ftp" in the lines below with the
- proper name of the installed executable. This may be FTPPRO.EXE,
- FTP32PRO.EXE or FTP95PRO.EXE.)
-
- 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)
-
- Documentation Notes
- ===================
- Please note the following updates to the WS_FTP Pro User's Guide.
-
- pp 7 Step 4, "WS_FTP Pro Installation" should say "Install
- WS_FTP Pro"
-
- pp 7,8 Replace the "Files Installed" section with the following:
-
- For all interfaces:
- complete.wav, a sound file to indicate a transfer is complete
- connect.wav, a sound file to indicate a connection has been made
- error.wav, a sound file to indicate an error
- whatsnew.txt, release notes for this version of WS_FTP Pro
- WS_FTP.ini, the initialization file (with FTP server information)
- remove.exe and Un-install WS_FTP Pro icon, removes all WS_FTP Pro
- components
-
- For the classic interface:
- FTP_PRO.exe or FTP95PRO.exe, the executable file for the classic
- interface
- FTP_PRO32.dll or FTP_PRO16.dll, the dynamic link library for the
- classic interface
- WS_FTP.hlp, the Help file for the classic interface
-
- For the Explorer interface:
- WS_FTP Pro Explorer, the icon for the WS_FTP Pro Explorer
- interface
- ftpproex.dll, a dynamic link library that extends the
- capabilities of Windows Explorer
- nsftpch.dll, a dynamic link library that supports ftpproex.dll
- nsftp.hlp, the Help topics
- nsftp.cnt, the Help table of contents
-
- Changing your MTU Setting
- =========================
- After connecting to an FTP site, if you experience the following
- problems,you may need to change the value of the Maximum Transfer
- Unit (MTU) parameter defined for your PC's network stack software.
-
- - The list box for the site is blank and the followng message
- appears: "DoDirList returned 4"
- - You received one or more "Blocking call cancelled" messages
- and the file transfer is incomplete.
- - WS_FTP Pro returns only NNNNN bytes of a file and can never
- retrieve the whole file.
-
- To change the MTU setting on your PC (for Windows 95 systems):
-
- 1. Start the program regedit.exe to access the Windows registry.
-
- Note: If you are not confident in working with your Windows
- registry, PLEASE don't do this! Making a mistake while editing
- your registry may render your computer unusable! We advice that
- you make a backup copy of your registry before making changes
- to it.)
-
- 2. Go to the following registry key:
-
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- SYSTEM
- CURRENTCONTROLSET
- SERVICES
- CLASS
- NETTRANS
- 000n
-
- where n represents the number of the folder that contains the
- Drivedesc parameter (you can open these folders to find which
- one has the Drivedesc parameter).
-
- 3. If the MaxMTU parameter does not exist, create it (select
- Edit->New->String Value, then enter MaxMTU, and press Return
- twice, and then enter the value 576).
-
- If the MAXMTU parameter already exists, select it, then select
- Edit->Modify and enter the value 576.
-
- 4. Select the registry key:
-
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
- SYSTEM
- CURRENTCONTROLSET
- SERVICES
- VXD
- MSTCP
-
- and create a new string variable "DefaulkRcvWindow" with a value
- of 4048.
-
- 5. Close regedit, then shutdown and reboot your PC.
-
- If this doesn't work, try a lower MaxMTU value (for example 512
- or 256).
-