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FTP Explorer by Alan Chavis
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Copyright Notice
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Copyright (c) 1995-1996 by Alan Chavis
FTP Explorer is a trademark of Alan Chavis
Release Notes
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THIS IS A BETA RELEASE. THIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL ENCOUNTER PROBLEMS.
PLEASE HELP ME TO IMPROVE THE PROGRAM BY REPORTING ANY PROBLEMS OR
SUGGESTIONS TO:
achavis@ftpx.com
The main objective of FTP Explorer is to provide an FTP client that looks
and feels just like the Windows 95 Explorer interface. Please keep this
in mind while evaluating it.
When released, FTP Explorer will be distributed FREE for home or educational
use. The registration fee for all other uses will be $30.
Distribution Sites
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THE LATEST RELEASE WILL ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE AT:
FTP Explorer Home Site (U.S.):
http://www.ftpx.com
ftp://ftp.ftpx.com/pub/ftpx/ftpx.zip
Other U.S. Sites:
ftp://ftp.mindspring.com/users/ksanders
http://www.magpage.com/~cwagner/
http://www.cjnetworks.com/cgi-bin/vdget.cgi?file=ftpx
Italy:
ftp://ftp.volftp.vol.it/pub/pc/windows/win95/progs/communications/internet/ftp/
Norway:
ftp://powertech.no/users/crossrec/ftpx
Mailing List
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If you would like to subscribe to the FTP Explorer mailing list and be
notified via email about new releases, send email to:
listserv@datacrit.com
with no subject, and put this in the body of the email:
subscribe ftpx-announce
NOTE: DON'T PUT ANYTHING ELSE IN THE BODY OF THE MESSAGE. IF YOUR EMAIL
PROGRAM ALWAYS ADDS A SIGNATURE TO THE END OF EVERY MESSAGE, PUT "end" BY
ITSELF ON THE LINE FOLLOWING THE SUBSCRIBE STATEMENT, LIKE THIS:
subscribe ftpx-announce
end
If you would like to participate in general discussion about FTP Explorer
you may wish to subscribe to the ftpx mailing list instead. Do so by
putting this in the body of the email instead.
subscribe ftpx
If you thought you were on the mailing list, but didn't receive a
notification about the latest build, you may want to subscribe again.
IRC Chat Channel
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I'm frequently available on the EFNET IRC channel: #ftpx
Feel free to join me if you would like to discuss FTP Explorer online.
System Requirements
-------------------
FTP Explorer requires Windows 95 or Windows NT (3.51 or higher, the shell
extension will probably only work on 4.0)
Please note that FTP Explorer requires a 32-bit TCP/IP stack. If you are
using a 16-bit stack you will need to upgrade to a 32-bit stack to use
FTP Explorer.
Disclaimer of Warranty
----------------------
THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED.
In no event shall the author be held liable for any damages whatsoever,
including without limitation, damages for loss of business profits,
business interruption, loss of business information, or any other loss
arising from the use or inability to use the software.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
-------------------------
Installation used to be simple. Just put the EXE wherever you wanted and
run it.
Well, now I've gone and added a shell extension and you'll have to do a
little more work until we get a nice install program. (You'd rather have
more features and less bugs over a fancy install anyway right?)
Installation of the shell extension is optional, and is only required if
you want to take advantage of drag and drop downloads and creation of
shortcuts. (You can drag and drop upload without it, and the shortcut
option on the connect dialog will work without it.)
Be advised that because the shell extension runs in the shell's process,
if it crashes it can bring the shell down with it. It seems to work well,
but I can't guarantee that you won't have any problems with it (this *is*
a beta after all). If anyone has any questions of a technical nature
regarding the shell extension and what it's actually doing, feel free to
email me and I'll clue you in.
Installing the shell extension is fairly simple:
1. Copy the FTPXEXT.DLL file to your SYSTEM directory.
2. Open the Windows 95 explorer and go to wherever FTPXEXT.REG is.
(Probably wherever you extracted FTP Explorer to)
3. Right click on FTPXEXT.REG and choose the merge option from the
context menu.
This will add some entries to your registry under the following keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{eb9ebda0-b3e7-11cf-81c9-0000c0aa665f}
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{eb9ebda0-b3e7-11cf-81c9-0000c0aa665f}\InProcServer32
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\CopyHookHandlers\FTP Explorer
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved
4. You will probably need to restart your system to activate the shell
extension.
If you want to uninstall the shell extension, just delete FTPXEXT.DLL from
your SYSTEM directory and restart. You can remove the entries from your
registry as well if you feel confident you know what your doing, otherwise
you can just leave them there, eventually there will be an uninstall
option that will remove them automatically.
What's New
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* Changes in Version 0.00.050 (07/23/96)
- Double clicking a list box entry on the connection dialog is now the same
as selecting it and clicking "Connect".
- Changed email address to: achavis@ftpx.com
- Changed "FTP Explorer Home" sample profile to point to: ftp.ftpx.com
* Changes in Version 0.00.049 (07/21/96)
- Revamped connection dialog. It now has a list box instead of a combo box
to select connection profiles.
- Fixed a bug that was causing the toolbar buttons to remain disabled after
connecting.
* Changes in Version 0.00.048 (07/14/96)
- Fixed a bug that was causing the "Quick Connect" option to save profiles.
* Changes in Version 0.00.047 (07/13/96)
- Added "Quick Connect" option. This allows you to type in an address or URL
to connect to without having to setup up a connection profile. If the URL
includes a path, the last character must be a slash (/).
* Changes in Version 0.00.046 (07/12/96)
- Fixed a bug that prevented upload dialog from appearing.
* Changes in Version 0.00.045 (07/07/96)
- Fixed a bug that could cause a GPF during the connection sequence.
- Enabled drag and drop uploading from the shell to the tree view pane.
- Improved resume functionality. Resume no longer requires target file
to have the same date/time. Fixed a bug that was causing the target
file to remain opened after a transfer was aborted, causing the resume
not to work properly. This also left a thread active after the program
was closed.
- Downloads initiated with drag and drop now prompt when a resume is
possible.
- Optimized CPU utilization during file transfers. Transfers were using
100% of CPU time, now down to 2-4% on my P133.
* Changes in Version 0.00.044 (07/04/96)
- Program now saves the upload path selected with the upload dialog between
sessions.
- Added "Cache data between sessions" option to connect dialog. If this
option is enabled, all of the directory and file information for the
selected connection profile is cached to disk so it can be reloaded.
This allows a site to be browsed without actually having to connect first.
Any operation that requires a connection will establish a connection
automatically. The "Refresh" command can be used to force a folder
to be updated.
- Removed "Automatically re-connect" option from connection options page. The
program now always attempts to re-connect whenever it is necessary.
* Changes in Version 0.00.043 (07/03/96)
- Fixed a bug that was causing the directory to not be refreshed properly
after a rename. This bug was created by the bug fixes in 040. Jeez!
* Changes in Version 0.00.042 (07/03/96)
- The Select All hotkey (CTRL-A) was not working. Fixed.
- Fixed a bug that was causing the transfer dialog to pop up with every