FTP Control Update
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FTP Control Update |
FTP Control, one of the most powerfull and complete FTP client for Windows NT (and also for Windows 95/98) has been updated to version 3.06. I @Macarlo downloaded it today March 22 and tested it sucessfully on my Windows NT 4.0. The archive (self-extractor) Ftpctrl30.exe have 4.58MB.
FTP Control is a shareware product - Registration fees are of 3 kinds:
PRO Power version: $49 USD
PRO version: $29 USD
Lite version: $10 USD
FTP Control Quick-Start Guide
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Index:
1: How to connect
2: How to send files (Upload)
3: How to retrieve files (Download)
4: How to rename files
5: How to Resume broken file transfers
6: "the Hat"
7: Scheduled down- and Uploads
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1: How to connect to a remote location
To be able to work remotely on a FTP server you must connect to the server in the correct manner. FTP Control allows you to create socalled "Profiles" for this. Profiles are actually predefined description about how to connect to those remote FTP servers. You can have a large list of such Profiles without problems.
The
button: 
is used to connect and/or disconnect depending of the current status. When clicked,
it opens the Profiles list/editor allowing you to select a server to connect
to, create a new one or edit a previously created Profile.
When connected you can surf around the FTP site by clicking the foldernames in the foldertree in FTP Control. Each change of a folder will make the FTP client change directory on the remote computer and show you the list of files and folders in that directory.
Note: Most of the servers on the Net allow "Anonymous" login for those willing to download software or other material. Such "Anonymous" logins do not allow you to send any files or make any changes to the material on the server, but merely retrieve from them.
Most of those "Anonymous" servers require you to use your email address as your password to connect.
Example: Server: ftp.microsoft.com
Username: anonymous
Password: me@aol.com
Some examples of Anonymous FTP servers:
Microsoft: ftp.microsoft.com
Winsite: ftp.winsite.com
Adobe: ftp.adobe.com
America Online: ftp.aol.com
Games: ftp.uwp.edu
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2: How to send files (Upload) to the remote FTP server
To send files to the remote server you have 3 ways:
A: Drag the the file(s) from the "Local filelist" on the left and drope them on the remote filelist!
B: Select the file(s) in the "Local filelist" and click the [Send]
button (
)
!
C: Drag the files from the Windows Explorer and drope them on FTP Control!
Note: You can select multiple files on both the Local- and the Remote filelist by means of this:
- While holding down the [CTRL] key. you can select multiple files by clicking on them with the mouse.
- While holding down the [SHIFT] key. you can select multiple files by using the arrow keys.
- By first clicking on a file in the filelist you can then select many in a row by: while holding down both [CTRL] and the [SHIFT] keys, click on the bottom most file of your selection. This will select all the files between theose two!
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3: How to retrieve files (Download) from the remote FTP server
To send files to the remote server you have 2 ways:
A: Drag the the file(s) from the "Remote filelist" on the left and drope them on the Local filelist!
B: Select the file(s) in the "Remote filelist" and click the [Retrieve]
button (
)!
Note: You can select multiple files on both the Local- and the Remote filelist by means of this:
- While holding down the [CTRL] key. you can select multiple files by clicking on them with the mouse.
- While holding down the [SHIFT] key. you can select multiple files by using the arrow keys.
- By first clicking on a file in the filelist you can then select many in a row by: while holding down both [CTRL] and the [SHIFT] keys, click on the bomtom most file of your selection. This will select all the files between theose two!
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4: How to rename files
To rename files, simply re-click on the selected file in the filelist. This will open the name for edit. When done typing in the new filename press the Enter key and FTP Control will finish the rename process either remotely or locally, depending on where you are editing.
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5: How to Resume broken file transfers
To
resume a broken file-transfer simply select the file(s) you want to resume the
transfer of and click either: 
to resume sending, or 
to resume downloading.
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6:
"the Hat"
"The HAT" is something quite new to the FTP business.
The Hat is used to collect files from around the remote location or from the local disk.
The Hat is merely a reference to those files. You can drag files to the Hat from many locations and many directories and later tell FTP Control to retrieve them or send them depending on weather the files in question are local ones or remote.
Drag the files to the Hat - and later - click on the hat and select the action to take.
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7: Scheduled Down- and Uploads
The "Scheduled Down- and Upload" feature of FTP Control is made to automize work with repeated down- and uploads of files. FTP Control, for example, uses this feature to update the FTP sites during night. We tell the FTP Control which files to send and when to start the upload. We have 4 such upload schedules that fire during the night to 4 different FTP servers.
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