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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. How do I...? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This section provides detailed procedures for accessing some of FTP Browser's
features. Select a how do I..? topic from the following list:
Change fonts and colors
Connect to a different host
Change FTP connection settings
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.1. Change fonts and colors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The font and color can be changed for most windows. The following windows can
store font and color changes:
Main window
Text viewer
Batch file list
To change a font, open the font palette and drag the desired font to the
window element you would like to change. The font palette is located in your
setup folder
To change a color, open one of the color palettes and drag the desired color
to the window element you would like to change. The color palettes are also
located in your setup folder.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.2. Connect to a different host ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
You must create a FTP Browser object on your desktop for every host you would
like to connect to.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1.3. Change FTP connection settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The FTP connection settings can be changed on the FTP Site page of the FTP
Browser object's properties notebook.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. FTP Browser objects ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This section describes how to create FTP Browser objects and their properties
notebooks.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. FTP Browser object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Use the FTP Browser template in your templates folder to create a new FTP
Browser object in the FTP Sites folder. This object will point to the FTP site
of your choice. Simply enter the FTP information when the properties notebook
is displayed. After closing the properties notebook, click the newly formed
object to connect to this FTP site.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. FTP Site properties notebook page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This properties page contains many fields for configuring your connection to a
specific FTP host when you click on this object. Many of these fields
initially contain default values that were specified when FTP Browser was
installed. Click on an item below for a detailed description of the field:
Host address
User name
Password
Remote directory
Local directory
Timeout
Overwrite local files
Proxy login
The default values for newly created objects can be changed by reinstalling
FTP Browser. For more information on reinstallation select help from the
installation program window.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. Host address ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
This field specifies the address or name of the host you want to connect to.
It is recommended that you enter the host's name, rather than the address,
since this field is used to determine the object's title. This is a required
field and can not be left empty, unless this object is a template. If the
field is emtpy when you close the properties notebook, the previous host
address and icon title are restored.
Example of a host name: hobbes.nmsu.edu
Example of a host address: 128.123.35.151
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. Username ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The value of this field will be the name that a remote host you connect to
recognizes as your user name. Many public sites allow users to login
anonymously, in which case the user name should be anonymous.
The user name is limited to a length of 49 characters.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.5. Password ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
The value of this field should be the password for your user name. If you
would like to login anonymously, then use your e-mail address as your password.
The password is limited to a length of 49 characters.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6. Remote directory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Specifies the path that will be accessed on the host. It must be a fully
qualified path name and begin with a backslash. If this path does not exist,
the host will determine the initial path.
The remote directory is limited to a length of 99 characters.
Example c:\os2\warp\incoming
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.7. Local directory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Specifies the path on your system that FTP Browser will use to store files
retrieved from the host. It must include a drive letter and a fully qualified
path name without the trailing slash. If this path does not exist, the root
directory of the specified drive will be used. If the drive does not exist,
the root directory of the drive from which OS/2 was booted will be used.
Example c:\tcpip\download
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.8. Timeout ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Specifies the amount of time, in seconds, that FTP Browser waits for data from
the host, before concluding that the connection has been lost. This setting
prevents the application from hanging, or waiting indefinitely, if your FTP or
internet connection drops unexpectedly. If internet traffic is extremely
heavy, you should consider increasing this value.
Setting the timeout value to 0 does not force FTP Browser to wait indefinitely,
but rather that it will not wait at all.
The maximum timeout value is 1800 seconds (1 hour).
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.9. Overwrite local files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Specifies whether files in your local download directory will be replaced with
files retrieved from the host that have identical names. If this field is not
checked, files retrieved from the host that have identical names will be
automatically renamed. Unique file names are determined by appending an
underscore and a number to the file name. If this method fails to find a unique
file name, the local file will be replaced.
Example
Original file name: filename.txt
Renamed file: filename.txt_1
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.10. Proxy login ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
If this button is checked, FTP Browser will login to your proxy server before
connecting to the FTP host. This button will be disabled if you did not enable
proxy logins during the installation.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Windows ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
FTP Browser contains several windows. Select from the following list for a
detailed description of the window:
Main window
Connect
Text viewer
Batch file list
Search remote files
Quick path
Cache setting
Default sort setting
Product information and registration
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Main window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Many of FTP Browser's features can be accessed from the main window's popup
menu, and this will be described first.
The menu contains several choices, which perform various actions. These
choices and their associated actions are described briefly below. For more
detailed information, click on the item of interest.
Transfer submenu
Get - This will immediately retrieve all the currently selected files
from the host to your computer. These files will be stored in your
current download directory.
Binary - This will toggle the file transfer mode to either binary or
ascii. If binary mode is active, this menu item will be checked.
Abort - This will terminate the current file transfer. Some hosts will
drop the FTP connection after the first or second abort requests, so use
this sparingly.
Batch list submenu
Add - This will insert the currently selected file names into the batch
file list..
Edit - This will surface the batch list window and allow removal of batch
list items.
Mget - This will retrieve all the files in the batch file list from the
host into your current download directory.
Directory submenu
Sort - This will sort the file list by the attribute you select in the
cascading submenu. The possible sort criteria are ascending date,
descending date, file name and file type. Time is not a secondary sort
key when sorting by date. The default is to sort by descending date.
This default can be changed from the default sort setting window.
Search - This will surface the search window and allow you to search for
a file name in the file list based on the text specified.
Refresh - This will reload the file list from the host, by-passing the